Officials said the cases belong to a subtype called A3, which is linked to more severe diseases in newborns and infants.
– Parechovirus is spreading across multiple states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. News4JAX spoke with UF Health Chief of Infectious Disease, Dr. Mobeen Rathore about it.
“You can get a respiratory infection, you have infection of the gastrointestinal system. The real worry about Parechovirus is neonates who may present with meningitis and nervous system signs and symptoms,” Dr. Rathore said. According to the CDC, fever and rash are common symptoms in children 6 months to 5 years old. The CDC’s alert doesn’t say which states have seen the infections in young children or how many cases have been reported. Dr. Rathore said an increase in testing for Parechovirus in recent years is likely the reason why there have been more cases.“We have not been testing routinely locally we have tested a few babies and we have seen some, but very few,” said Dr. Rathore.
He added that there is not a vaccine for Parechovirus. Like most viruses, Parechovirus can last between two to 10 days.
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