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A New Strain Of Enterovirus D68 May Be The Cause Of Recent Childhood Paralysis Cases
The Huffington Post | By Anna Almendrala
Posted: 03/31/2015 2:31 pm EDT Updated: 29 minutes ago
Scientists have linked a specific strain of the respiratory illness enterovirus D68 to the previously-unexplained rash of childhood paralysis and muscle weakness that struck dozens of children between 2012 and 2014.
Researchers found the genetic imprint of a relatively new strain of enterovirus D68 -- B1 -- in children who developed acute flaccid myelitis (paralysis or muscle weakening) after having a fever or respiratory illness. After checking patients' respiratory secretions, blood and cerebrospinal fluid for a variety of different pathogens, they couldn't find any other probable cause of the paralysis in these children...
A New Strain Of Enterovirus D68 May Be The Cause Of Recent Childhood Paralysis Cases
The Huffington Post | By Anna Almendrala
Posted: 03/31/2015 2:31 pm EDT Updated: 29 minutes ago
Scientists have linked a specific strain of the respiratory illness enterovirus D68 to the previously-unexplained rash of childhood paralysis and muscle weakness that struck dozens of children between 2012 and 2014.
Researchers found the genetic imprint of a relatively new strain of enterovirus D68 -- B1 -- in children who developed acute flaccid myelitis (paralysis or muscle weakening) after having a fever or respiratory illness. After checking patients' respiratory secretions, blood and cerebrospinal fluid for a variety of different pathogens, they couldn't find any other probable cause of the paralysis in these children...