Enterovirus 68 - US outbreak 2014

[Astronuc]

Paralysis Link Suspected as Enterovirus Spreads
https://gma.yahoo.com/paralysis-suspected-enterovirus-spreads-114933877--abc-news-health.html

Simon Humphrey spent nine days in a Colorado hospital room fighting for his life.

Humphrey, 13, is one of hundreds of children across the country stricken by http://abcnews.go.com/topics/lifestyle/health/enterovirus.htm 68.

He later had problems moving his limbs.
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CDC Investigates Limb Paralysis in Children After Enterovirus 68 Outbreak
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/cdc-in...ren-enterovirus-68-outbreak/story?id=25804998

Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) is one of more than 100 non-polio enteroviruses. This virus was first identified in California in 1962.
http://www.cdc.gov/non-polio-enterovirus/about/ev-d68.html

States with Lab-confirmed Enterovirus D68
http://www.cdc.gov/non-polio-enterovirus/outbreaks/EV-D68-states.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterovirus
The poliovirus is an enterovirus, but there are 64 non-polio enteroviruses that can cause disease in humans.

 

[Astronuc]

Official: Enterovirus 68 virus caused boy's death
http://news.yahoo.com/official-enterovirus-68-virus-caused-boys-death-193806783.html

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A virus that has been causing severe respiratory illness across the country is responsible for the death of a 4-year-old boy, a state medical examiner determined.
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The virus has sickened more than 500 people in 43 states and Washington, D.C. — almost all of them children.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said earlier this week that four people infected with the virus had died, but it's unclear what role the virus played in the deaths.
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Children who have not been exposed to forms of enteroviruses may lack immunity to E68, and thus are more susceptible to it.

Girl, 10, dies from complications of enterovirus
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/enterovirus-68-us-outbreak-2014.773581/

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — State health officials say a 10-year-old Rhode Island girl has died from complications of an unusual respiratory virus that has been affecting children across the U.S.

The Rhode Island Health Department announced Wednesday that the child died last week of a staph infection associated with enterovirus 68, which it called "a very rare combination."
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I'm not sure if his girl counts as one of the four, since she died of staph infection associated with the E68 infection.

 

[Pythagorean]

My wife read that the 4yo boy showed no symptoms. Just went to sleep and didn't wake up in the morning. That's a little bit disturbing.