Multiple choice

Which of the following re-emergent pathogens cause(s) polio-like syndrome or permanent paralysis?

  1. Henipavirus

  2. Prions

  3. Coccidioides immitis

  4. Enterovirus 71
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Explanation

Enterovirus 71 causes polio-like syndrome or permanent paralysis. This virus appears to have evolved only recently with the first known strain isolated in 1965.

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