Hyperimmune products in the prevention and therapy of infectious disease: a report of a hyperimmune products expert advisory panel

Successful treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin of acute flaccid paralysis caused by west nile virus

West Nile virus (WNV) is one of the leading causes of insect-borne encephalitis and acute flaccid paralysis in the US. Acute flaccid paralysis is a potentially serious illness, which manifests itself as a Guillain-Barré-like syndrome with generalized weakness and shortness of breath. We report a case involving a patient who presented with acute flaccid paralysis due to WNV infection and was successfully treated with intravenous immunoglobulin from Israeli donors.