Enterovirus case confirmed in New Jersey
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Health officials have confirmed New Jersey's first case of a respiratory illness that is caused by an uncommon virus.
Enterovirus 68 was identified in a specimen sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
This child was one of the four cases announced by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia on Tuesday.
The other three children were from Pennsylvania.
The state health department says the child -- who has not been identified by age, town or name -- has improved and been discharged.
New Jersey Health Commissioner Mary O'Dowd is advising parents and health care providers to be aware of the symptoms, which include cough, runny nose, sneezing and muscle aches and possibly a low-grade fever.
No deaths have been reported.
Doctors say the symptoms are pretty much what you would expect in the common cold.
Children with asthma are at greater risk at having difficulty breathing if they contract the virus.
There are precautions:
