Q: Asymmetric flaccid paralysis is a hallmark of 

 A) HIV Meningitis 
 B) mumps meningitis 
C) HSV meningitis
D) Bacterial meningitis 
E) West Nile virus meningitis


Answer: E 

Meningitis due to West Nile virus is unique in the sense that one of its clinical symptom is asymmetric flaccid paralysis!


Related article:  Greg Kraushaar, Rajesh Patel and Grant W. Stoneham - West Nile Virus: A Case Report with Flaccid Paralysis and Cervical Spinal Cord MR Imaging Findings - American Journal of Neuroradiology January 2005, 26 (1) 26-29;

weblink: http://www.ajnr.org/content/26/1/26

 Reference: 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Acute flaccid paralysis syndrome associated with West Nile virus infection--Mississippi and Louisiana, July-August 2002. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2002 Sep 20. 51(37):825-8.