Lancet Respiratory Medcine, India's "tomato virus": single-handedly picked children

The world is suffering from the spread of the new crown virus and monkeypox virus, and now a new virus has emerged in India, the tomato flu virus, which mainly infects children and immunocompromised adults

Link: Popular Science: What is Tomato Flu/Tomato Fever?

An article published last week in the journal The Lancet-Respiratory science claimed that the "tomato flu" virus is a new type of hand-foot-and-mouth disease that was first detected in the Kollam district of Kerala in southern India (Figure 1

Figure 1 Research results (Source: The Lancet-Respiratory Section)

Tomato flu gets its name from the red blisters that appear all over the body of infected patients, which gradually expand to the size of tomatoes, and the pain is extremely strong

■ Symptoms, treatment and prevention

Infection is similar to HFMD, and children are susceptible to contracting the virus by using diapers, touching unclean surfaces, and putting things directly in their mouths

The article pointed out that the tomato flu virus has similar symptoms to the new crown virus, but has nothing to do

Experts say it's a self-limiting disease, and there are no specific drugs to treat it

■ Multiple infectious diseases invaded India

Meanwhile, a new wave of COVID-19 is hitting India

According to Science, in india's new round of COVID-19, more than two-thirds of the cases are Omilon BA.

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