New Virus, Not EV-D68, Now Suspected in Childhood Paralysis

HCP Live ^ | Jul 2, 2015 | Gale Scott

[fso301]

A novel virus from Peru and the Republic of Congo called enterovirus C105 is now suspected in last year's wave of mysterious cases of sudden childhood paralysis.

Initially, enterovirus D68, the respiratory virus that took the lives of 12 children in the US last year, was the main suspect in these polio-like illnesses, involving at least 118 children, including a cluster of cases in Denver, CO and another in Syracuse, NY.

But soon researchers admitted they were stumped. In the fall of 2014, the CDC asked clinicians to report all such pediatric paralysis cases.

Today, disease detectives at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlotttesville, VA, said they may have broken the case.

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[Bigg Red]

Can individuals be screened for these viruses?

[Bigg Red]

+1

[Bigg Red]

Thanks for the ping.

[exDemMom]

They typically would not be screened unless they are showing symptoms.

There is a possibility of asymptomatic shedders—people who do not get sick but have the virus and are contagious anyway.

I have not studied these viruses enough to know the incubation period or how long the virus is contagious.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!