Is anyone actively researching Parechovirus? It is anticipated that the virus will again see some outbreaks this fall. Yet, I have not seen any US researchers or organizations publishing anything about its prevalence, effects, or precautionary advice for parents or parents-to-be.
Www.parechovirus.com
https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/parechovirus
Parechovirus is a genus of viruses in the order Picornavirales, in the family Picornaviridae. Bank voles and humans serve as natural hosts. There are currently only two species in this genus including the type species Parechovirus A, also called human parechoviruses and Parechovirus B, more commonly known as the Ljungan virus.[1] Diseases associated with this genus include: human parechoviruses: mild, gastrointestinal or respiratory illness, have been implicated in cases of myocarditis and encephalitis; Ljungan virus: may be a zoonotic virus associated with diabetes and intrauterine fetal death in human.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parechovirus
Are there any active studies in the US?
http://www.hra.nhs.uk/news/research-summaries/enterovirus-and-parechovirus-meningitis-in-infants-less-than-90-days/
http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/60/2/228.full
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/1/13-0569_article
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4930465/
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