CDC urges vigilance as enterovirus peaks in Taiwan

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CDC urges vigilance as enterovirus peaks in Taiwan
2015/05/08 11:56:23

Taipei, May 8 (CNA) The public should pay more attention to personal hygiene as Taiwan is in the grip of an enterovirus outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) warned Friday.

The CDC said the number of patients seeking emergency treatment for enterovirus symptoms had increased to 427 in the one-week period April 26 to May 2, representing an emergency consultation rate of 3.45 permil, higher than the epidemic threshold of 2.7 permil.

Escalating enterovirus outbreaks in neighboring countries have also made the situation more challenging, the CDC said, adding that as of late April, the number of reported enterovirus infections in Japan had reached 17,000, in Singapore 8,800, and in Vietnam 13,000...

 

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By Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter

...the number of people seeking medical care over enterovirus infections in the past four weeks has increased from 6,672 to 12,757, the centers? latest statistics showed.

Chou said the Coxsackie A virus accounts for about 76.5 percent of enterovirus infections in local communities, while the nation?s first enterovirus infection with severe complications this year so far was caused by the Coxsackie B5 virus.

?The more virulent enterovirus 71 has yet to appear this year, but the CDC will continue to closely monitor any outbreaks or mutated strains of the virus,? Chou said.