Credit CDC – Non Polio-Enteroviruses
# 9016
Local media reports (see Unusual respiratory virus strikes metro kids) from Kansas City, Mo. indicate that a rarely seen – and not yet well understood – respiratory virus called HEV 68 (Human Enterovirus 68) has sickened hundreds of kids in the region this week, and that the local Children’s Hospital is unusually at full census in late August.
Without specifying the pathogen, Children’s Mercy Hospitalposted the following notice yesterday on their website: Viruses in the Community Prompt Inpatient Visiting Restrictions.
I’ve checked the local and state Health departments but can find no official statement regarding this respiratory outbreak. Hopefully we’ll get some official confirmation soon, but assuming local media reports are correct .