title: Acute Flaccid Paralysis: The New, The Old, and The Preventable.
abstract: Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) has a changing epidemiology with ongoing polio outbreaks and emerging causes such as nonpolio enteroviruses and West Nile virus (WNV). We report a case of AFP from the Horn of Africa that was initially classified as probable polio but subsequently found to be due to WNV.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Infectious Diseases; Division of Infectious Diseases, Columbia University Medical Center, New York.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Macesic
authors.affiliation: General Medicine.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.affiliation: Departments of Infectious Diseases.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mahony
authors.affiliation: Arbovirus Emerging Diseases Unit , Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead Hospital , Sydney.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hueston
authors.affiliation: Neurology.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.affiliation: Neurology; Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Macdonell
authors.affiliation: Neurology.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.affiliation: Radiology, Austin Health, Melbourne , Australia.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fitt
authors.affiliation: Departments of Infectious Diseases; Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Grayson
keywords: West Nile virus; enterovirus; paralysis; polio