Enterovirus 68

Enterovirus 68
Virus classification
Group: Group IV ((+)ssRNA)
Family: Picornaviridae
Genus: Enterovirus
Species: Enterovirus D
Subtype

Enterovirus 68

Synonyms

Human rhinovirus 87[1]

Enterovirus 68 (EV68, EV-D68, HEV68) is a member of the Picornaviridae family, an enterovirus. First isolated in California in 1962 and once considered rare, it has been on a worldwide upswing in the 21st century.[2][3][4] With some uncertainty, it has been implicated in cases of a polio-like disorder called acute flaccid myelitis.

Biology

EV68 is one of the more than one hundred types of enteroviruses, a group of ssRNA viruses containing the polioviruses, coxsackieviruses, and echoviruses. It is unenveloped. Unlike all other enteroviruses, EV68 displays acid lability and a lower optimum growth temperature, both characteristic features of the human rhinoviruses. It was previously called human rhinovirus 87 by some researchers.[5]

Epidemiology

Since its discovery in 1962, EV68 had been described mostly sporadically in isolated cases. Six clusters (equal to or more than 10 cases) or outbreaks between 2005 and 2011 have been reported from the Philippines, Japan, the Netherlands, and the states of Georgia, Pennsylvania and Arizona in the United States.[6] EV68 was found in 2 of 5 children during a 2012/13 cluster of polio-like disease in California.[7]

Cases have been described to occur late in the enterovirus season,[6] which is typically during the warm months, from spring to autumn (August and September in the Northern hemisphere).

Predisposing factors

Children less than 5 years old and children with asthma appear to be most at risk for the illness,[8] although illness in adults with asthma and immunosuppression have also been reported.[6]

2014 North American Outbreak

In August 2014, the virus caused clusters of respiratory disease in the United States.[9] By mid-October 691 people in 46 states and the District of Columbia had come down with a respiratory illness caused by EV-D68. Five children died.

Signs and symptoms

EV68 almost exclusively causes respiratory illness, which varies from mild to severe, but can cause a range of symptoms, from none at all, to subtle flu-like symptoms, to debilitating respiratory illness and a suspected rare involvement in a syndrome with polio-like symptoms. Like all enteroviruses, it can cause variable skin rashes, abdominal pain and soft stools. Initial symptoms are similar to those for the common cold, including a runny nose, sore throat, cough, and fever.[10] As the disease progresses, more serious symptoms may occur, including difficulty breathing as in pneumonia, reduced alertness, a reduction in urine production, and dehydration, and may lead to respiratory failure.[6][10]

The degree of severity of symptoms experienced seems to depend on the demographic population in question. Experts estimate that the majority of the population has, in fact, been exposed to the enterovirus, but that no symptoms are exhibited in healthy adults. In contrast, EV-D68 is disproportionately debilitating in very young children, as well as the very weak. While several hundred people (472), mostly youth, have been exposed to the disease, less than a hundred of those patients have been diagnosed with severe symptoms (such as paralysis), and during the recent outbreak in the USA just a single death was recorded over the last weekend of September 2014. The death was of a 10-year-old girl in New Hampshire.[11]

Acute flaccid myelitis

The virus has been suspected as the cause of a rare polio-like paralysis since two California children who tested positive for the virus had muscle weakness or paralysis of one or more limbs reaching peak severity within 48 hours of onset. "Recovery of motor function was poor at 6-month follow-up."[12] As of October 2014 the CDC was investigating 10 cases of paralysis and/or cranial dysfunction in Colorado and other reports around the country, coinciding with the increase in enterovirus D68 activity.[13] As of October 23 it was believed that the actual number of cases might be 100 or more.[14][15]

Diagnosis

A real-time PCR test to speed up detection was developed by CDC.[16]

Treatment

There is no specific treatment and no vaccine, so the illness has to run its course; treatment is directed against symptoms (symptomatic treatment). Most people recover completely; however, some need to be hospitalized, and some have died as a result of the virus.[6] Five EV68 paralysis cases were unsuccessfully treated with steroids, intravenous immunoglobulin and/or plasma exchange. The treatment had no apparent benefit as no recovery of motor function was seen.[12] A 2015 study suggested the antiviral drug pleconaril may be useful for the treatment of EV-D68.[17]

Prevention

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend "avoiding those who are sick." Since the virus is spread through saliva and phlegm as well as stool, washing hands is important.[10] Sick people can attempt to decrease spreading the virus by basic sanitary measures, such as covering the nose and mouth when sneezing or coughing.[8] Other measures including cleaning surfaces and toys.[10]

For hospitalized patients with EV-D68 infection, the CDC recommends transmission-based precautions, i.e. standard precautions, contact precautions, as is recommended for all enteroviruses,[18] and to consider droplet precautions.[19]

Environmental cleaning

According to the CDC in 2003, surfaces in healthcare settings should be cleaned with a hospital-grade disinfectant with an EPA label claim for any of several non-enveloped viruses (e.g. norovirus, poliovirus, rhinovirus).[20]

References

  1. ↑ Ishiko, H.; Miura, R.; Shimada, Y.; Hayashi, A.; Nakajima, H.; Yamazaki, S.; Takeda, N. (2002). "Human Rhinovirus 87 Identified as Human Enterovirus 68 by VP4-Based Molecular Diagnosis". Intervirology 45 (3): 136–41. doi:10.1159/000065866. PMID 12403917.
  2. ↑ Oberste, M. S. (2004). "Enterovirus 68 is associated with respiratory illness and shares biological features with both the enteroviruses and the rhinoviruses". Journal of General Virology 85 (9): 2577–2584. doi:10.1099/vir.0.79925-0.
  3. ↑ Lauinger, I. L.; Bible, J. M.; Halligan, E. P.; Aarons, E. J.; MacMahon, E.; Tong, C. Y. W. (2012). "Lineages, Sub-Lineages and Variants of Enterovirus 68 in Recent Outbreaks". PLoS ONE 7 (4): e36005. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0036005.
  4. ↑ Tokarz, R.; Firth, C.; Madhi, S. A.; Howie, S. R. C.; Wu, W.; Sall, A. A.; Haq, S.; Briese, T.; Lipkin, W. I. (2012). "Worldwide emergence of multiple clades of enterovirus 68". Journal of General Virology 93: 1952–1958. doi:10.1099/vir.0.043935-0.
  5. ↑ Blomqvist, S.; Savolainen, C.; Raman, L.; Roivainen, M.; Hovi, T. (2002). "Human Rhinovirus 87 and Enterovirus 68 Represent a Unique Serotype with Rhinovirus and Enterovirus Features". Journal of Clinical Microbiology 40 (11): 4218–23. doi:10.1128/JCM.40.11.4218-4223.2002. PMID 12409401.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "Clusters of Acute Respiratory Illness Associated with Human Enterovirus 68 --- Asia, Europe, and United States, 2008--2010". Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). 60(38): CDC. September 30, 2011. pp. 1301–1304. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  7. ↑ Brown, Eryn (23 February 2014). "Mysterious polio-like illnesses reported in some California children". LA Times. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  8. 1 2 Gillian Mohney (2014-09-06). "Respiratory Virus Sickening Children in Colorado". ABC News.
  9. ↑ "Severe Respiratory Illness Associated with Enterovirus D68 — Missouri and Illinois, 2014". Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) (CDC). 63(Early Release): 1–2. September 8, 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "Enterovirus D68: 3 confirmed cases in B.C.'s Lower Mainland". CBC News. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  11. ↑ http://connecticut.cbslocal.com/2014/10/01/rhode-island-child-dies-from-enterovirus-that-has-been-affecting-kids-nationwide/
  12. 1 2 Alexandra Roux,Sabeen Lulu, Emmanuelle Waubant,Carol Glaser,Keith Van Haren (April 29, 2014). "A Polio-Like Syndrome in California: Clinical, Radiologic, and Serologic Evaluation of Five Children Identified by a Statewide Laboratory over a Twelve-Months Period". Poster Session III: Child Neurology and Developmental Neurology III. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  13. ↑ "CDC continues investigation of neurologic illness; will issue guidelines". AAP News (The American Academy of Pediatrics). 3 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  14. ↑ Dan Hurley (2014-10-24). "The mysterious polio-like disease affecting American kids". The Atlantic.
  15. ↑ Dan Hurley (2014-10-21). "Cases of acute flaccid myelitis in children suspected in multiple states, prompting comparisons to polio". Neurology News. American Academy of Neurology.
  16. ↑ "real-time PCR test to speed up EV-D68 detection". Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  17. ↑ Liu Y; et al. (2015). "Structure and inhibition of EV-D68, a virus that causes respiratory illness in children". Science 347 (6217): 71–74. doi:10.1126/science.1261962.
  18. ↑ Siegel JD, Rhinehart E, Jackson M, Chiarello L, and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee. "2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings" (PDF): 225. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  19. ↑ "Severe Respiratory Illness Associated with Enterovirus D68 – Multiple States, 2014". CDCHAN-00369. CDC-Health Alert Network. September 12, 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  20. ↑ CDC (2003). "Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities" (PDF). Retrieved 17 September 2014.
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