According to a report released this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over the course of six weeks, 23 children were admitted to a Tennessee hospital for treatment of parechoviruses, a common virus that can pose a lethal threat to infants.
Twenty-one of the children have recovered, but one was at risk for hearing loss and blood clot, the C.D.C. said.
The children were admitted to the Nashville hospital between 5 days and 3 months of age. The infections were described as a large group. According to the report, there have been six more cases identified at the hospital at other times this year.
The C.D.C. said that all but one of the patients were previously healthy.
The C.D.C. told doctors that the type of parechoviruses most associated with serious illness had been circulating nationwide. It suggested that parechoviruses be used as a diagnosis for babies with unexplained illnesses.
Most children have been exposed to parechoviruses by the time they reach kindergarten age, and its symptoms include a cold-like sensation in the nose and throat.
According to the C.D.C., infants less than a month old are at higher risk for severe illness.
Even though there is no cure for parechoviruses, diagnoses can still be used to manage the illness.
It is possible that the rise in cases comes from increased socializing after people were not exposed to common pathogens, which may have weakened their immune systems. It is1-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-6556
The New York Times reported this month that the chief of infectious diseases at a Florida hospital said that they are seeing more.
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