The CDC recently issued a health advisory alerting clinicians that parechovirus, a common childhood pathogen, is circulating in the United States.
The CDC said it has received reports from multiple states since May of parechovirus infections in neonates and young infants, although it is unclear if there has been an increase in cases this year because there is no systematic surveillance of parechoviruses.
“Be aware that [parechoviruses] circulate in the summer and fall,” the CDC said. “In the absence of an identified pathogen, consider [parechovirus] infection in a neonate or