Source: https://www.denverpost.com/2018/10/0...irus-outbreak/
41 Colorado children diagnosed with rare viral infections in unprecedented outbreak
All patients were hospitalized and nearly all have fully recovered
By Sam Tabachnik | stabachnik@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
October 9, 2018 at 6:38 pm
The Colorado Department of Health is investigating an unprecedented outbreak of rare viral infections with neurological complications among young children, state officials announced Tuesday.
State health officials, in conjunction with the experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said they have found 41 cases of enterovirus A71 infections in children this year ? a majority of them in the Denver area.
All the patients were hospitalized, officials said, and nearly all have fully recovered. There have been no deaths.
?I don?t believe a cluster this large has been identified in the U.S. previously,? said. Dr. Rachel Herlihy, a state communicable disease epidemiologist.
Health officials aren?t sure what caused the outbreak, or why it occurred in Colorado...
41 Colorado children diagnosed with rare viral infections in unprecedented outbreak
All patients were hospitalized and nearly all have fully recovered
By Sam Tabachnik | stabachnik@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
October 9, 2018 at 6:38 pm
The Colorado Department of Health is investigating an unprecedented outbreak of rare viral infections with neurological complications among young children, state officials announced Tuesday.
State health officials, in conjunction with the experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said they have found 41 cases of enterovirus A71 infections in children this year ? a majority of them in the Denver area.
All the patients were hospitalized, officials said, and nearly all have fully recovered. There have been no deaths.
?I don?t believe a cluster this large has been identified in the U.S. previously,? said. Dr. Rachel Herlihy, a state communicable disease epidemiologist.
Health officials aren?t sure what caused the outbreak, or why it occurred in Colorado...
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