title: Acute encephalitis caused by intrafamilial transmission of enterovirus 71 in adult.
abstract: Enterovirus 71 (EV71) is a common cause of hand, foot, and mouth disease and sometimes causes severe neurologic complications, mainly in children. We report a case of adult-onset encephalitis caused by intrafamilial transmission of a subgenogroup C4 strain of EV71. This case elucidates the risk for EV71 encephalitis even in adults.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology and Neurobiology of Aging, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, 13-1, Takara-machi, Kanazawa 920-8640, Japan. gom56@med.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hamaguchi
authors.forename: Hironori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujisawa
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: Soichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okino
authors.forename: Naoko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kurosaki
authors.forename: Yorihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Masahito
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamada
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology; D018792:Encephalitis, Viral / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology*; D029821:Enterovirus A, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004769:Enterovirus Infections / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006232:Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male