Enterovirus 71 (EV71) is a common cause of hand, foot, and mouth disease and sometimes causes severe neuro-logic complications, mainly in children. We report a case of adult-onset encephalitis caused by intrafamilial transmis-sion of a subgenogroup C4 strain of EV71. This case eluci-dates the risk for EV71 encephalitis even in adults
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