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Two N.J. children recovering from unknown virus that causes limb weakness
By Tim Darragh | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
on November 08, 2014 at 10:00 AM, updated November 08, 2014 at 10:11 AM
Two New Jersey children are recovering from a viral infection that caused weakness and pain in their limbs, a state Department of Health spokeswoman said Friday.
The children, a boy and a girl under the age of 14, had been hospitalized but were discharged in October, the spokeswoman, Donna Leusner, said. They are recovering, she said.
Although limb weakness is a symptom of severe infections caused by the Enterovirus D68, the respiratory illness that has sickened hundreds of children nationwide and caused the death in September of 4-year-old Eli Waller of Hamilton Township, it is not to blame in these two cases, Leusner said.
?Both children tested negative for Enterovirus D68, but tested positive for other viruses,? she said in an email...
Two N.J. children recovering from unknown virus that causes limb weakness
By Tim Darragh | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
on November 08, 2014 at 10:00 AM, updated November 08, 2014 at 10:11 AM
Two New Jersey children are recovering from a viral infection that caused weakness and pain in their limbs, a state Department of Health spokeswoman said Friday.
The children, a boy and a girl under the age of 14, had been hospitalized but were discharged in October, the spokeswoman, Donna Leusner, said. They are recovering, she said.
Although limb weakness is a symptom of severe infections caused by the Enterovirus D68, the respiratory illness that has sickened hundreds of children nationwide and caused the death in September of 4-year-old Eli Waller of Hamilton Township, it is not to blame in these two cases, Leusner said.
?Both children tested negative for Enterovirus D68, but tested positive for other viruses,? she said in an email...