Thailand confirms 1st death this year from childhood virus raging throughout Asia #EV71

Thailand confirms 1st death this year from childhood virus raging throughout Asia

A child stricken with the intestinal virus, identified as enterovirus 71 or EV-71, rests at a hospital in Fuyang, central China's Anhui province, Sunday, May 4, 2008. (AP Photo)

 

Published Tuesday, Jul. 24, 2012 7:10AM EDT

BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand has confirmed its first fatality this year from a virus that has killed hundreds of children across Asia.
The 2-year-old girl who died at a Bangkok hospital last week had a form of hand, foot and mouth disease known as enterovirus 71 strain, or EV-71..

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