Virus identified as a cause of paralyzing condition in Minnesota children (AFM)

startribune.com ^ | 4/18 /19 | Jeremy Olson

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A virus (AFM - acute flaccid myelitis) appears to be the cause behind a rash of polio-like illnesses that struck Minnesota last fall,
causing paralyzing symptoms in several children, including one girl who lost all motor function and remains hospitalized.

Researchers from Minnesota and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday
that they found Enterovirus-D68 in the spinal fluid of one of six children
who suffered acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM.
The first public reports of AFM in 2018 showed up in Minnesota, which ended the year with 10 of the nation’s 228 confirmed cases.

EV-D68 has been suspected for some time as a cause, in part because of surveillance data since 2012
showing that spikes in AFM cases emerged in lockstep with the virus every other fall in 2014, 2016 and 2018.

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Same to you on this worshipful weekend.

[JustAmy]

They may later.

The local doctors have conferred with doctors at Stanford Medical Center.

At this point they have pretty much accepted that he will remain paralyzed.

I continue to pray.

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Thanks - He is risen!

[Albion Wilde]

Thanks - He is risen!

He is risen indeed!