Enterovirus A119 in A Child with Acute Flaccid Paralysis, Nigeria
Date
2016
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MedCrave Group
Abstract
The oldest EV-A119 record was in 2008 in a chimpanzee in Cameroon and subsequently in more non-human primates and healthy children. Here we report for the first time the detection of EV-A119 in a child with Acute Flaccid Paralysis, thus suggesting possible association with a clinical condition in humans
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Poliovirus, Acute flaccid paralysis, WHO, Enteroviruses, EV-A119, Nigeria, AFP, Children, Cell culture, Poliomyelitis