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Alert over 'spike' in cases of polio-like virus
Alert over 'spike' in cases of polio-like virus
A health alert has been issued to parents over an outbreak of a polio-type virus that can easily be spread through coughs and sneezes.Cases of enterovirus D68 (EV-D68), which has no known cure or vaccine, have more than doubled in the last year.Linked to cases of very young children being left unable to walk, the virus can leave kids fighting to breathe or swallow.
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New virus associated with polio-like symptoms in pigs
New virus associated with polio-like symptoms in pigs
US researchers have discovered a novel virus in the central nervous tissues of young pigs with polio-like weakness in their hind legs.Iowa State University reported that Paulo Arruda, an assistant professor of veterinary diagnostic and production animal medicine, led a team of diagnosticians from Iowa State, the University of Minnesota and Kansas State University.They investigated samples from 11-week-old pigs that couldn't walk due to a mysterious weakness in their hind legs.
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Scots children hospitalised for polio-like virus
Scots children hospitalised for polio-like virus
Four children have been admitted to the Sick Kids Hospital on suspicion of a polio-like virus which carries a risk of paralysis, reports suggest.A small cluster of children from the south east Scotland have been struck down by enterovirus D68, a rare respiratory bug spread through coughs and sneezes.The virus, which has no cure or anti-viral vaccine, can leave patients unable to walk and unable to breathe or swallow in the most extreme cases.
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