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China Child-Killing Virus May Be Yet to Peak - WHO
May 2, 2008
By Ian Ransom
An outbreak of a virus that has killed dozens of children across China may be yet to reach its peak, but will not threaten Beijing's Olympic Games in August, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said.
Health authorities in China have been battling to contain EV71, an intestinal virus that has killed 22 children in Fuyang, a city in China's eastern Anhui province, and caused at least two deaths in southern Guangdong province.
EV71 has also been traced in outbreaks of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in Hunan, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, that have infected thousands of children across China.
© 2008 Reuters
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Related Article:
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http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK348067
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/03/world/asia/03china.html?hp
category: News from Other Sources : General Health News
contributed by Liza Nanni on 5 May 2008
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