A recent uptick in severe respiratory illness in children may be tied to a strain of a virus that can cause a rare polio-like condition, according to a CDC advisory issued last week.
Sept. 13, 2022 -- A recent uptick in severe respiratory illness in children may be tied to a strain of a virus that can cause a rare polio-like condition, according to aIn August, health care providers and hospitals notified the CDC of an increase in severe respiratory illness in children who also tested positive for rhinovirus or enterovirus. Additional testing found that some children were positive for a straight of the enterovirus known as EV-D68.
"Something we are always on the lookout for in the late summer and fall is AFM cases," says Rick Malley, MD, of the division of infectious disease at Boston Children's Hospital."Unfortunately, we kind of expect them during enterovirus season," he said. That season is thought to peak in the late summer and early fall.in August 2014, there have been 692 confirmed cases in the United States. Cases spiked in 2014, 2016, and 2018, mostly in young children.
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