Fatal Case of Enterovirus 71 Infection, France, 2007

Abstract

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.

Keywords

• Enterovirus 71
• pulmonary edema
• encephalitis
• viruses
• France
• dispatch