DENVER - Eighty-four cases of Enterovirus 68 accept now been accepted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in six states, including Colorado.
At atomic twelve states accept submitted samples for testing. So far, after-effects accept accepted the virus in 84 samples from Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky and Missouri, the CDC told ABC News.
Children's Hospital Colorado appear seeing 199 emergency administration patients with respiratory affection on September 8 alone. Seventeen of those accouchement were hospitalized.
That hospital said on Monday that about three-quarters of the 25 samples it beatific to the CDC did analysis absolute for Enterovirus 68.
Rocky Mountain Hospital for Accouchement has additionally appear seeing a cogent access in the cardinal of accouchement with agnate respiratory symptoms.
"Our physicians are seeing about seven times the accustomed cardinal of respiratory virus cases than is accustomed for this time of year," backer Angie Anania said Wednesday.
While Enterovirus is accepted in general, with 10-15 actor occurrences anniversary year, the CDC says this ache is abundant beneath accepted and is rarely appear in the United States.
The affliction is accompanying to rhinovirus, which is a account of the accepted cold. Patients generally accuse of a accelerated access of cold-like affection and again aback are clumsy to breathe.
Children with a predisposition for wheezing, asthma or added breath problems are decidedly at accident for astringent affection associated with this virus.
Title : CDC confirms 84 cases of Enterovirus 68 in Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky and Missouri
Description : DENVER - Eighty-four cases of Enterovirus 68 accept now been accepted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in six states, inc...