CDC Warns Respiratory Virus May Be Linked To Mysterious Paralysis

FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. – The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is looking into nine cases of children in Colorado who have experienced limb weakness or paralysis after contracting a respiratory virus. That same virus has been reported in Connecticut children.

The CDC is looking into nine cases of children in Colorado who have experienced limb weakness or paralysis after contracting a respiratory virus.
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Nicole Briggs

09/30/2014 3:00 a.m.

According to the report, the cases were identified among children between 1 and 18 years old, mostly around the Denver area, who had all reported having some sort of respiratory virus before showing limb weakness. Six of the eight children tested were positive for a rhinovirus or enterovirus, and four of those cases were found to be the Enterovirus 68 (EV-D68). Two cases are still pending.

The CDC has not yet determined whether EV-D68 is the direct cause of limb weakness or paralysis, but are asking medical workers to report similar cases, according to the report.

The Daily Voice recently reported that EV-D68 had spread into Connecticut.

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