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19 Mar 2015, 9:07 am

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19 Mar 2015, 9:12 am

Synopsis, please?



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19 Mar 2015, 10:22 am

Between August and December 2014 there was a spike in children presenting with numbness and paralysis in California. They were diagnosed with enterovirus: EV-D68 and acute flaccid myelitis (AFM). Cause is unknown. Parents are comparing DNA. CDC says they may be underdiagnosing this because criteria is not broad enough.


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