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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
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Although everyone is at risk of infection, factors such as age and season can increase the chance of an individual getting infected by non-polio enteroviruses.
Risk Factors
Age
Infants, children, and adolescents are more likely to be susceptible to infection and illness from these viruses, because they are less likely to have antibodies and be immune from previous exposures to them, but adults can also become infected and ill if they do not have immunity to a specific enterovirus.
Season
In the United States, infections caused by the non-polio enteroviruses are most likely to occur during the summer and fall.
Babies Born to Infected mothers
Mothers infected shortly before delivery may pass the virus to the newborn. Babies born to mothers who have symptoms of enteroviral illness around the time of delivery are more likely to be infected. Newborns infected with an enterovirus usually have mild illness, but rarely they may develop an overwhelming infection of many organs, including liver and heart, and die from the infection. The risk of this severe illness is higher for the newborns infected during the first two weeks of life.