Doctors warn unprecedented back-to-school lung virus that has hospitalized hundreds of children in ten states will spread across the country
Hospitals in Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Iowa, Colorado, Ohio, Oklahoma, North Carolina, and Georgia all reported high numbers of children admitted
About 450 children have been treated at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City
Virus comes on as a cold before developing into respiratory distress
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention testing whether it is an Enterovirus D68 or EV-D68, a respiratory infection with varying symptoms and levels of intensity
Doctors told other states to ‘watch out, it’s coming’
By Joel Christie
DailyMail.com
8 September 2014
An unprecedented lung virus that has infected over 1000 children across 10 states from the Midwest to the east coast is likely to spread to the rest of the country, doctors have warned.
Hospitals have reported unusually high numbers of children being admitted – some into intensive care – with the same viral symptoms, which usually start as a common cold before developing into severe respiratory distress.
Experts have not yet been able to officially identity the virus, however some cases have tested positive to Enterovirus D68 or EV-D68, a rare respiratory virus that typically causes asthma-like symptoms.
Suspected outbreaks have already been recorded in Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Iowa, Colorado, Ohio, Oklahoma, North Carolina, and Georgia, Mark Pallansch, the director of the Division of Viral Diseases at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told ABC News.
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