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To the Editor: Poliomyelitis is a clinical syndrome defined by the presence of fever, meningitis, and flaccid paralysis. In the United States, this syndrome was historically associated with infection by poliovirus but is now more commonly seen with other enteroviruses. We describe a case of poliomyelitis in a patient infected with West Nile virus, a flavivirus.

A 50-year-old woman from Louisiana had a headache on the day before she traveled to Georgia for the July 4 holiday. After she arrived, her headache worsened, and she had severe myalgia. Two days after the onset of headache, weakness developed, and the patient . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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