Published Date: 1998-10-01 23:50:00
Subject: PRO/EDR> Enterovirus 71, new outbreak - Taiwan
Archive Number: 19981001.1956
ENTEROVIRUS 71, NEW OUTBREAK - TAIWAN
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Enterovirus 71 epidemic, children - Taiwan (25) 980906001148Enterovirus 71 epidemic, children: clinical signs 980619232936
Enterovirus 71 references 980807234939
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 20:31:42 -0700
From: Dorothy Preslar <dpreslar@fas.org>
Source: Deutsche Presse Agentur, 30 September 1998
The deadly virus which killed 164 Taiwan children in the summer has
re-surfaced, infecting about 1,000 youngsters and killing at least
three, authorities said Wednesday.
[These are cases of hand, foot & mouth disease with complications
- Mod.JW
At least three children have died in the past week from suspected
enterovirus (EV) 71, and dozens of children are hospitalised.
The Department of Health (DOH) said EV-71 has made a comeback in
Pingtung and Kaohsiung counties in South Taiwan. "It may be because
schools have opened and affected children have brought the disease to
school," DOH official Hsu Kuo-hsiung said.
Other cities and counties have also reported suspected EV-71 cases,
showing the epidemic is not confined to the South.
EV-71 occurs in warm, unclean and heavily-populated places. Victims
develop blisters on their feet and mouths and [some die from heart
and lung failure.
The virus - which has several forms including Coxsackie virus B -
usually strikes children under five.
[This last statement is incorrect. It should say "Hand, foot and
mouth disease is caused by several viruses, including Coxsackie virus
B" - Mod.JW
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