Outbreaks of lethal virus cyclical: study

8 December 2015
The Phnom Penh Post
Priority health concerns / Public health
Journal of Emerging Infectious Diseases / US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

A recently published study of a 2012 enterovirus outbreak that killed at least 54 Cambodian children has found that flare-ups of the virus tend to occur in a cyclical pattern, and that another one could be in store soon.

Widespread in the Asia-Pacific region, the virus is responsible for hand, foot and mouth disease among children, and is not necessarily fatal. …

 Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/outbreaks-lethal-virus-cyclical-study

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