EV-D68 infections are more common closer to the end of summer. In recent years a different non-polio enterovirus called EV-D68 has been in the headlines for its association to acute flaccid myelitis, a condition that seems to mimic elements of polio.
Most of us aren't old enough to remember the times of polio epidemics, but polio is a type of enterovirus, and it most commonly spread in late summer through swimming pools before chlorination became common. But they also spread from exposure to stool, which makes public pools a potential source of spread. These viruses spread in the usual way: from touching contaminated surfaces or via coughing and sneezing. We do see an increase in enterovirus infections. In the summer we don't usually have to contend with influenza - that is mainly a winter illness - and it is true that viruses that cause colds are more prominent in the winter.īut there are countless viruses that can cause problems for people in the summer. Kids are off school, it's sunny, it's warm - so how is it that people are still being sidelined with a runny nose, fever, cough, or intestinal infection?Ĭontrary to popular belief, there are still plenty of viruses going around, and two in particular are especially common even with nice weather.
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