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To the Editor: Recent letters to the Journal from Leis et al.¹ and Glass et al.² (Oct. 17 issue) as well as reports by others³ have described a poliomyelitis-like syndrome occurring in patients with West Nile virus infection. In these patients, acute flaccid paralysis developed that was suggestive of involvement of anterior horn cells of the spinal cord, but the histopathology of the spinal cord was not described.

We report the histopathological findings from the spinal cord of an 81-year-old man with West Nile virus infection (positive serologic tests for IgM) who presented with a four-day history of fever accompanied . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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A Poliomyelitis-like Syndrome from West Nile Virus Infection
Leis A. A., Stokic D. S., Polk J. L., Dostrow V., Winkelmann M.
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N Engl J Med 2002; 347:1279-1280, Oct 17, 2002; published at www.nejm.org on Sep 23, 2002 (10.1056/NEJM2002c021587). Correspondence

Poliomyelitis Due to West Nile Virus
Glass J. D., Samuels O., Rich M. M.
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N Engl J Med 2002; 347:1280-1281, Oct 17, 2002; published at www.nejm.org on Sep 23, 2002 (10.1056/NEJM200210173471616). Correspondence

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