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Enterovirus D68 not deadlier to children versus other viruses, study finds
Virus may be a more virulent lung pathogen in some
CBC News Posted: Oct 13, 2015 3:00 PM ET Last Updated: Oct 13, 2015 3:00 PM ET
Enterovirus D68, the virus linked to rare deaths and paralysis of children in Canada and the U.S. in 2014, is stronger than other respiratory infections but doesn't seem to increase the risk of death, a new study suggests.
Last fall, hospitals in the U.S. and then Canada reported hundreds of cases of severe respiratory illness caused by enterovirus D68 (EV-D68).
To find out more, researchers at McMaster Children's Hospital in Hamilton, Ont. compared the severity of illness of 87 children who tested positive for EV-D68 with controls the same age who did not have the virus.
"Enterovirus D68 seems to be a more virulent pulmonary pathogen than rhinovirus [a common cold virus] or non-EV-D68 enterovirus, but we did not find a significant difference in death or need for critical care," Dr. Dominik Mertz of McMaster University and his co-authors said.
Patients with EV-D68 were more likely to have respiratory distress and more likely to be admitted to hospital and treated with certain medications, the researchers found...
Enterovirus D68 not deadlier to children versus other viruses, study finds
Virus may be a more virulent lung pathogen in some
CBC News Posted: Oct 13, 2015 3:00 PM ET Last Updated: Oct 13, 2015 3:00 PM ET
Enterovirus D68, the virus linked to rare deaths and paralysis of children in Canada and the U.S. in 2014, is stronger than other respiratory infections but doesn't seem to increase the risk of death, a new study suggests.
Last fall, hospitals in the U.S. and then Canada reported hundreds of cases of severe respiratory illness caused by enterovirus D68 (EV-D68).
To find out more, researchers at McMaster Children's Hospital in Hamilton, Ont. compared the severity of illness of 87 children who tested positive for EV-D68 with controls the same age who did not have the virus.
"Enterovirus D68 seems to be a more virulent pulmonary pathogen than rhinovirus [a common cold virus] or non-EV-D68 enterovirus, but we did not find a significant difference in death or need for critical care," Dr. Dominik Mertz of McMaster University and his co-authors said.
Patients with EV-D68 were more likely to have respiratory distress and more likely to be admitted to hospital and treated with certain medications, the researchers found...