China Child-Killing Virus May Be Yet to Peak May 7, 2008
There is no vaccine or antiviral agent available to treat EV71, a non-polio enterovirus which is spread mostly through contact with infected blisters or faeces and can cause high fever, paralysis and swelling of the brain. "I don't see that this in any way should affect the Olympic Games," WHO China representative Hans Troedsson told Reuters. (MEDLINEplus)
Enterovirus In China: Latest Outbreak Of Hand, Foot And Mouth Disease Hits Mainly Children, Kills 20 May 5, 2008
Non-polio enteroviruses are common and distributed worldwide. Although infection often has no symptoms and goes unnoticed, these viruses are also associated with occasional outbreaks in which a larger-than-usual number of patients develop clinical disease, sometimes with fatal consequences. (Science Daily)
Viral illness hits babies in villages Sep 23, 2007
Non-polio enterovirus, as the illness is known, usually shows symptoms of fever and breathing difficulties resembling the flu. Enteroviruses, found in the mucus and stool of an infected person, are the second most frequent infectious virus after the common cold, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control. (Anchorage Daily News)
Epidemiology and clinical findings associated with Enteroviral acute flaccid paralysis in Pakistan Feb 15, 2007
The objective of this study was to understand the role of Non-Polio Enteroviruses (NPEV) towards this crippling disorder ... The specimens were inoculated on RD and L20B cells using conventional tube cell culture while micro-neutralization test was used to identify the non-polio enterovirus (NPEV) serotypes. (BioMed Central)
