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Do adults get infected with enterovirus? What is the impact on children at home?

  • Release Unit:Department of Public Health

Yes, there are numerous types of enterovirus. Most adult infection symptoms are usually not obvious, common symptoms are similar to flu symptoms. The children at home are often infected by the virus adults bring back from the outside, which are exposed to the child at home by contact or droplets. They may also be infected by contacting the oral or nasal secretions, coughs, droplets of sneezing from the parents or patients who have asymptomatic infection.