Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Virus shown to be likely cause of mystery polio-like illness

A major review by UNSW researchers has identified strong evidence that a virus called Enterovirus D68 is the cause of a mystery polio-like illness that has paralysed children in the US, Canada and Europe.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

'Mini-guts' offer clues to pediatric GI illness

Using immature stem cells to create a miniature model of the gut in the laboratory, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of Pittsburgh have determined how infection-causing ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Enterovirus D68 not associated with higher death rate in children

The enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) respiratory infection that affected young children in 2014 appeared to be more virulent than other respiratory infections, but it does not seem to have been related to an increased risk of death ...

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