PRO/EDR> Polio-like illness – North America (02): USA, Canada (AB), RFI

Enterovirus 68 — Worldwide/Unknown
A child being treated for enterovirus 68 at Children’s Medical Center of Dallas [Texas] is now paralyzed in his right arm, hospital officials said on Thursday [2 Oct 2014].
The boy is expected to undergo physical therapy and will be released from the hospital soon.
Enterovirus 68 is a respiratory illness which has affected children across the country this year [2014].
According to the Associated Press, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told doctors to be alert for a