Journal article
An increase in reports of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) in the United Kingdom, 1 January 2018-21 January 2019: early findings
- Abstract:
- During 2018, the United Kingdom experienced an increase in reports of cases of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP). As at 21 January 2019, 40 cases had been identified with a peak in October 2018. The increase was temporally associated with an upsurge in enterovirus (EV) D68 activity. Enterovirus was detected in 15 cases, mainly from respiratory tract samples; nine were typed as EV-D68. A national task force has been established and investigations are ongoing.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.6.1900093
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+ Dunning, W
- Institution:
- University of Oxford
- Division:
- MSD
- Department:
- NDM
- Sub department:
- Tropical Medicine
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- Contributor
- Publisher:
- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
- Journal:
- Eurosurveillance More from this journal
- Volume:
- 24
- Issue:
- 6
- Article number:
- 1900093
- Publication date:
- 2019-02-07
- Acceptance date:
- 2019-02-07
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1025-496X
- ISSN:
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1560-7917
- Pmid:
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30755296
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English
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pubs:991798
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pubs:991798
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991798
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2019-09-09
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- Members of the United Kingdom Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) Task Force
- Copyright date:
- 2019
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- This article is copyright of the authors or their affiliated institutions, 2019. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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