The Centre for Health Protection is investigating an Enterovirus-71 infection with neurological complications involving an 18-year-old Western District woman.

She came down with a rash on her hands and feet, and oral ulcers April 10, with a high fever, headache and neck stiffness the next day. She was admitted to a public hospital April 13 and was diagnosed to have meningoencephalitis. She was discharged April 18.

She had travelled to the Mainland March 30 to April 10.

There have been 22 EV71 cases reported so far this year, 31 last year and 98 in 2008. Click here for health tips.