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West Nile thought to be culprit in 6 paralysis cases.

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| September 20, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Post and Courier. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The West Nile virus apparently has caused six people in Mississippi and Lousiana to develop polio-like paralysis, heightening concern about the rapidly spreading virus, federal health officials reported Thursday.

While there have been some previous reports of muscle weakness and paralysis in people infected with the virus, the earlier cases were probably misdiagnosed as a different neurological disease, federal officials said.

Now they believe the polio-like syndrome, which has left several victims struggling for their lives on respirators, may be a direct manifestation of the West Nile infection, and they want to alert doctors so they do not misdiagnose patients and give them the wrong…

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