SickKids testing 3 children for enterovirus D68

By News Staff

Posted October 3, 2014 3:51 pm.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children is testing three children for enterovirus D68, the strain that caused polio-like symptoms in patients in Hamilton and B.C. Dr. Upton Allen, chief of Infectious Diseases at SickKids Hospital, spoke about the situation.

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