Since 2014, some media and radio personalities have attributed the increase in Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) cases in the US to immigrant children from Central America.

The latest was a segment last week on the Savage Nation with Michael Savage, a very popular talk radio program.

What is EV-D68 and is it an imported disease from immigrant children? I look at this in this latest installment in the Infectious Disease News Brief.

 

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Enterovirus D68/CDC
Enterovirus D68/CDC