Enterovirus 68 -- United States
A virus appears to be the cause behind a rash of polio-like illnesses that struck Minnesota last fall [2018], causing paralyzing symptoms in several children, including one girl who lost all motor function and remains hospitalized. Researchers from Minnesota and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported Thursday [18 Apr 2019] that they found enterovirus-D68 (EV-D68) in the spinal fluid of one of 6 children with acute flaccid myelitis (AFM).
The virus caused the
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