Fatal case of enterovirus 71 infection, France, 2007.
A fatal case of enterovirus 71 infection with pulmonary edema and rhombencephalitis occurred in Brest, France, in April 2007. The virus was identified as subgenogroup C2. This highly neurotropic enterovirus merits specific surveillance outside the Asia-Pacific region.
Vallet
Sophie
S
Universite Europeenne de Bretagne, Brest, France. sophie.vallet@chu-brest.fr
Legrand Quillien
Marie Christine
MC
Dailland
Thomas
T
Podeur
Gaëtan
G
Gouriou
Stéphanie
S
Schuffenecker
Isabelle
I
Payan
Christopher
C
Marcorelles
Pascale
P
D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D029821:Enterovirus A, Human / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004769:Enterovirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins / Q000235:genetics
D015678:Viral Structural Proteins