Public MJA Podcasts 2018 Episode 30: Parechovirus, with Dr Philip Britton

that is all the world needs a new echo virus causing encephalitis . if dr Byron hyde is right in his assessments regarding m.e that means there will be even greater numbers suffering from this horrendous illness for many decades to come indeed I think some of the children who have suffered this infection will be afflicted with me within 8 yrs or so since there is not enough detailed recorded evidence of children with m e c f s diagnoses .specially when cretins come up with school phobia and other bs reasons for the many symptoms involved. I do hope I am wrong for their sake .
 
alktipping said:
that is all the world needs a new echo virus causing encephalitis . if dr Byron hyde is right in his assessments regarding m.e that means there will be even greater numbers suffering from this horrendous illness for many decades to come indeed I think some of the children who have suffered this infection will be afflicted with me within 8 yrs or so since there is not enough detailed recorded evidence of children with m e c f s diagnoses .specially when cretins come up with school phobia and other bs reasons for the many symptoms involved. I do hope I am wrong for their sake .
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I think you may be right! I fear for my grandchildren... esp if they happen to get Ross River Virus too
 
I have just had a quick look at the links give above.
The first link is to a video:
Here is the description of what is being discussed:
Medical Journal of Australia: Vol 208, Issue 8: 30 April 2018. Dr Philip Britton is a paediatric infectious diseases physician at Children's Hospital, Westmead. He discusses the emerging parechovirus epidemics happening every two years in Australia.
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The second link is to the medical journal article.
Parechovirus: an important emerging infection in young infants
Philip N Britton et al.

Summary
  • Epidemics of human parechovirus (HPeV) causing disease in young children have occurred every 2 years in Australia since 2013. HPeV genotype 3 caused the epidemic from late 2017 to early 2018.
  • Most HPeV infections cause no or mild symptoms including gastroenteritis or influenza-like illness. Characteristically, young infants present with fever, irritability and on occasions a diffuse rash (“red, hot and angry” babies).
  • Severe disease can manifest as meningoencephalitis, seizures or sepsis-like presentations (including septic shock), or less common presentations including signs of surgical abdomen.
  • Testing for HPeV by specific molecular tests is indicated in children younger than 6 months of age with characteristic presentations without another confirmed diagnosis including febrile illnesses with other suggestive features (eg, rash, seizures), sepsis syndromes (including shock), and suspected meningoencephalitis (which may be detected by magnetic resonance imaging only).
  • There are no effective antiviral therapies. Treatment is primarily supportive, including management of complications.
  • Some infants with severe HPeV infection may have adverse neurodevelopment. Follow-up by a paediatrician is recommended.
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The third link is to the PDF of the full paper.
 
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