Virus linked to deaths of 52 children
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="deadly">deadly</span> <span word="form">form</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="common">common</span> <span word="childhood">childhood</span> <span word="illness">illness</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="linked">linked</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mysterious">mysterious</span> <span word="child">child</span> <span word="deaths">deaths</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Cambodia">Cambodia</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="sparked">sparked</span> <span word="alarm">alarm</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="cause">cause</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="immediately">immediately</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="determined">determined</span>, <span word="Cambodian">Cambodian</span> <span word="health">health</span> <span word="officials">officials</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span>.</p><p><span word="Lab">Lab</span> <span word="tests">tests</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="confirmed">confirmed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="virulent">virulent</span> <span word="strain">strain</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="hand">hand</span>, <span word="foot">foot</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="mouth">mouth</span> <span word="disease">disease</span> <span word="known">known</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="EV">EV</span>-71 <span word="is">is</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="blame">blame</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> 59 <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="reviewed">reviewed</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="April">April</span>, <span word="including">including</span> 52 <span word="deaths">deaths</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="joint">joint</span> <span word="statement">statement</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="Health">Health</span> <span word="Organization">Organization</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Cambodian">Cambodian</span> <span word="Health">Health</span> <span word="Ministry">Ministry</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="numbers">numbers</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="lowered">lowered</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="initial">initial</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="of">of</span> 62 <span word="cases">cases</span>.</p><p><span word="EV">EV</span>-71 <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="virus">virus</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="result">result</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="paralysis">paralysis</span>, <span word="brain">brain</span> <span word="swelling">swelling</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="death">death</span>. <span word="Most">Most</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Cambodian">Cambodian</span> <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="involved">involved</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="younger">younger</span> <span word="than">than</span> 3 <span word="who">who</span> <span word="experienced">experienced</span> <span word="fever">fever</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="respiratory">respiratory</span> <span word="problems">problems</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="led">led</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="rapid">rapid</span> <span word="shutdown">shutdown</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="sometimes">sometimes</span> <span word="neurological">neurological</span> <span word="symptoms">symptoms</span>.</p><p><span word="Epidemiologists">Epidemiologists</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="trying">trying</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="piece">piece</span> <span word="together">together</span> <span word="information">information</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="interviewing">interviewing</span> <span word="parents">parents</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="details">details</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="omitted">omitted</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="missing">missing</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="medical">medical</span> <span word="charts">charts</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="specimens">specimens</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="taken">taken</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="died">died</span>.</p><p><span word="Hand">Hand</span>, <span word="foot">foot</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="mouth">mouth</span> <span word="disease">disease</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="raging">raging</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="Asia">Asia</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="usually">usually</span> <span word="causes">causes</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="telltale">telltale</span> <span word="rash">rash</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="spread">spread</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="sneezing">sneezing</span>, <span word="coughing">coughing</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="contact">contact</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="fluid">fluid</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="blisters">blisters</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="infected">infected</span> <span word="feces">feces</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="caused">caused</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="enteroviruses">enteroviruses</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="polio">polio</span>.</p><p><span word="No">No</span> <span word="vaccine">vaccine</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="specific">specific</span> <span word="treatment">treatment</span> <span word="exists">exists</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="illness">illness</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="typically">typically</span> <span word="mild">mild</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="recover">recover</span> <span word="quickly">quickly</span> <span word="without">without</span> <span word="problems">problems</span>.</p>
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