Polio-Like Disease Found in Five Children in California
Nature World: Researchers have found rare, polio-like syndrome in five children in California.
Polio is a crippling, highly infectious disease caused by a virus. Successful vaccination program helped U.S. become a polio-free country in 1979. Researchers have now found children infected with enterovirus-68, a virus known to cause polio-like symptoms.
Human enterovirus 68 or EV-D68 is linked with acute respiratory disease. Recently, there has been a jump in the number of cases associated with enteroviruses….
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