Hundreds of children in a dozen states in the United States have become seriously ill with respiratory diseases, reported authorities who suggest that, in an unusual number of cases, children have been infected with the enterovirus D-68.
The states of Colorado, North Carolina, Georgia, Ohio, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Kentucky have contacted the Center for Disease Control (CDC, for its you follow English) for help to investigate and treat enterovirus D-68, which could be responsible for the wave of sick and hospitalizations.
Enteroviruses are common and have about 100 strains that infect reach up to 15 million people a year, according to the CDC.
The aggressive strain of enterovirus D-68, with the symptoms of a severe cold compounded by shortness of breath and lack of oxygen, has been detected in the past in the United States and other countries, but its incidence is rare, said the center .
In the current wave of ill and hospitalized in the United States, the CDC has found that in 30 of them tried to spread of D-68, a total that is unusually high.
In Kansas City, has been in the last month more than 300 cases of respiratory disease, according to the state Health Department.
Of these, 15 percent of children were admitted to the intensive care unit.
The CDC determined that at least 19 sick children in Kansas City had the D-68. For now, Missouri is the state most affected by the outbreak.
In Denver, a hospital attended between 18 August and 4 September at more than 900 children, of whom 86 were hospitalized.
The enterovirus infections have their peak in September, according to medical officials.
However, the unusually high number of hospitalizations that have occurred this year, according to sources quoted by various means.
The current number of hospitalizations could be just the tip of the iceberg with respect to severe cases, said Mark Pallansch, director of the division of viral diseases of the CDC.
There is no vaccine for enterovirus D-68. In most cases bad happens after a treatment time, but almost always requires hospitalization and when patients with diseases such as asthma or allergies.
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