Is this virus only hitting American kids? I haven't heard a word from other countries. And why only this virus targeting children not adult so far, one dead related to this virus. Starts with coughing and leaving kids with paralysis, science still don't know if paralysis is permanent damaged.
syecomanchester, Greater Manchester, England UK131 posts
bungallow55: Is this virus only hitting American kids? I haven't heard a word from other countries. And why only this virus targeting children not adult so far, one dead related to this virus. Starts with coughing and leaving kids with paralysis, science still don't know if paralysis is permanent damaged.
bungallow55: Is this virus only hitting American kids? I haven't heard a word from other countries. And why only this virus targeting children not adult so far, one dead related to this virus. Starts with coughing and leaving kids with paralysis, science still don't know if paralysis is permanent damaged.
It's actually related to the Virus that causes Polio,and has been around every year!
Enterovirus 68 (EV68, EV-D68, HEV68) is a member of the Picornaviridae family, an enterovirus. First isolated in California in 1962 and considered rare, it has been on a worldwide upswing in the 21st century.
EV68 is one of the more than one hundred types of enteroviruses, a group of ssRNA viruses containing the polioviruses, coxsackieviruses, and echoviruses. It is unenveloped. Unlike all other enteroviruses, EV68 displays acid lability and a lower optimum growth temperature, both characteristic features of the human rhinoviruses. It was previously called human rhinovirus 87 by some researchers. Epidemiology
Since its discovery in 1962, EV68 has been described mostly sporadically, in isolated cases: six clusters (equal to or more than 10 cases) or outbreaks between 2005 and 2011 have been reported from the Philippines, Japan, the Netherlands, and the states of Georgia, Pennsylvania and Arizona in the United States. EV68 was found in 2 of 5 children during a 2012/13 cluster of polio-like disease in California.
Cases have been described to occur late in the enterovirus season, which is typically during the warm months, from spring to autumn (August and September in the Northern hemisphere). Predisposing factors
Children less than 5 years old and children with asthma appear to be most at risk for the illness, although illness in adults with asthma and immunosuppression have also been reported.
syecomanchester, Greater Manchester, England UK131 posts
Conrad73: It's actually related to the Virus that causes Polio,and has been around every year!
Enterovirus 68 (EV68, EV-D68, HEV68) is a member of the Picornaviridae family, an enterovirus. First isolated in California in 1962 and considered rare, it has been on a worldwide upswing in the 21st century.
EV68 is one of the more than one hundred types of enteroviruses, a group of ssRNA viruses containing the polioviruses, coxsackieviruses, and echoviruses. It is unenveloped. Unlike all other enteroviruses, EV68 displays acid lability and a lower optimum growth temperature, both characteristic features of the human rhinoviruses. It was previously called human rhinovirus 87 by some researchers. Epidemiology
Since its discovery in 1962, EV68 has been described mostly sporadically, in isolated cases: six clusters (equal to or more than 10 cases) or outbreaks between 2005 and 2011 have been reported from the Philippines, Japan, the Netherlands, and the states of Georgia, Pennsylvania and Arizona in the United States. EV68 was found in 2 of 5 children during a 2012/13 cluster of polio-like disease in California.
Cases have been described to occur late in the enterovirus season, which is typically during the warm months, from spring to autumn (August and September in the Northern hemisphere). Predisposing factors
Children less than 5 years old and children with asthma appear to be most at risk for the illness, although illness in adults with asthma and immunosuppression have also been reported.
Conrad I nearly said it maybe linked to a child virus do you think the argument over use of antibiotics has any relevance in this or at all ? sorry bung don't mean to jump ya thread
syeco: Conrad I nearly said it maybe linked to a child virus do you think the argument over use of antibiotics has any relevance in this or at all ? sorry bung don't mean to jump ya thread
No problem/Conrad said is like polio/which means today's parents avoiding to vaccinate their kids/maybe polio coming back
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