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Posted: March 30 2015 at 11:12pm |
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Paralysis-cluster-cases-linked-to-polio-like-virus-6169033.php
Paralysis cluster cases linked to polio-like virusA team of researchers led by UCSF scientists has found strong evidence that recent, alarming clusters of sudden-onset paralysis cases — most of them in California and Colorado — were caused by the same virus that was also responsible for hundreds of severe respiratory infections in U.S. children last year. Particularly worrisome is that the enterovirus identified in the research is a new strain that appears to have mutated to become more polio-like, raising the prospects of future outbreaks o The changes were always in the direction to make it more similar to polio,” said Dr. Charles Chiu, head of the viral diagnostics laboratory at UCSF and lead author of the paper. “I want to make sure we don’t alarm people. There’s a chance this virus may never come back, which would be the best-case scenario. But we certainly need to be prepared.” The virus scientists like Chiu have been hunting is called Enterovirus D68, which is a relatively common pathogen that typically causes mild symptoms associated with the common cold but can cause more serious illness. f the disease, scientists said in a paper published Monday. |
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