Danbury Hospital is the latest Connecticut hospital to send specimens to CDC to be tested for enterovirus.
This comes days after state officials said Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford is treating suspected cases of Enterovirus D68, the mysterious respiratory illness that has hospitalized children in a dozen states.
In all, 130 people have lab-confirmed cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Infants, children and teens are most at risk to become ill because thy don't have the immunity.
Dr. Greg Dworkin, chief of pediatric pulmonology, at Danbury Hospital, said they sent specimens to be tested for Enterovirus D68.
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‘We are doing our due diligence. We are not overly alarmed. We just want to know what we have,” he said.
Enterovirus 68 presents like a bad cold or flu, according to doctors.
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Symptoms include high fever, runny nose, sneezing, coughing, wheezing and difficulty breathing, according to the CDC. No fatalities have been linked to Enterovirus 68.
