TY - JOUR AU - Hamaguchi, Tsuyoshi AU - Fujisawa, Hironori AU - Sakai, Kenji AU - Okino, Soichi AU - Kurosaki, Naoko AU - Nishimura, Yorihiro AU - Shimizu, Hiroyuki AU - Yamada, Masahito T1 - Acute Encephalitis Caused by Intrafamilial Transmission of Enterovirus 71 in Adult T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2008 VL - 14 IS - 5 SP - 828 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Enterovirus 71 (EV71) is a common cause of hand, foot, and mouth disease and sometimes causes severe neurologic complications, mainly in children. We report a case of adult-onset encephalitis caused by intrafamilial transmission of a subgenogroup C4 strain of EV71. This case elucidates the risk for EV71 encephalitis even in adults. KW - entervirus 71 KW - encephalitis KW - intrafamilial transmission KW - adult KW - dispatch KW - Japan DO - 10.3201/eid1405.071121 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/5/07-1121_article ER - End of Reference