she had a newly discovered form of encephalitis. her encephalitis is known as anti-mmdr. it you cautioned by dangerous anti-bodies created by their immune system. >> it crosses into brain and attacks part of the bra zblin there are several strategies available to treat it. >> in her case, they used a process to remove the antibodies to remove it from the blood. >> we have seen her talking. we have seen her vocalizing. we are waiting for her to say mom and dad. >> revived and treated for her symptoms, they released her to home. she faces long months of physical therapy. but for her family, it marks the end of a painful journey. >> i've been waiting for her. i've been waiting for her for her. >>> an amazing story. by the way, the doctor says health officials have been alerting doctors about the form of encephalitis and they are trying to learn 'more about the disease's history. >> a family thought they had said their last goodbyes to their dog when they turned the injured petted over to be euthanized. now he is back home and on the mend. was the a tearful reunion for the fa

convulsions and encephalitis and then the lungs. completely destroyed. since the end of april doctors in cambodia struggled with a miss terrorism that mystery was ultimately had discovered right here. blood samples were brought to this laboratory and analyzed like you see there and eventually they concluded that there were several different pathogens. strept congress us and dengue. >> to crack this case, the lab will to work backwards. first eliminate known viruses like avian flu, sars. >> the first thing that goes through your head is to try to determine whether this ione of the usual suspects that you haven't detected before. if it is, has it mutated or changed in a way that it causes more severe disease. or is it something completely new? >> the epidemioligist and the viral on theist, two french doctors living in cambodia solved the mystery. >> one of the things we've heard several time from the world health organization is no steroids should be used. they seem to say that steroids made this problem worse. >> when you have a dying child, you try to us

a fever, convulsions, encephalitis. and then the lungs, completely destroyed. since the end of april, doctors in cambodia struggled with a medical mystery. and that mystery was ultimately solved right over here. blood samples from those sick and dying children were eventually brought to this laboratory, analyzed like you see there, and eventually concluded that this were several different pathogens. there was enterovirus 71, streppy to caucus, and dengue. all made worse by the use of steroids. to crack the case the lab had to work backwards. first, eliminate known viruses like avian flu, sars, and nippa. >> the first thing that goes through your head is to try and determine whether this is one of the usual suspects that you haven't detected before. if it is, has it mutated or changed in such a way that it causes more severe disease? or is it something completely new? >> emdeemiologist, dr. arna arnaudtarantola, helped solve the mystery. one of the thing we've heard from the world health organization is no steroids should be used. they seem to say that steroids

jailian, has two years of age, had a newly developed form of encephalitis.rs only described it a few years as she was born. >> it is known at anti-mmdr. it's caused by anti-bodies created by the body's own immune system. >> it crosses into the brain and attacks parts of the brain. >> while the diagnosis is new, the doctor said there are several strategies available to treat it. in jillian's case doctors used a process similar to kidney dialysis to remove the antibodies from her blood. her parents said slowly they have seen signs of recovery. >> we've seen her talking, we've seen her vocalizing. even though we can't understand but we are just waiting for her to say mom and dad. >> revived from the coma and treated for her symptoms, they released her to return home to reno. she still faces long months of physical therapy, but for her family finally to be able to hearer speak and watch her play, mark the end of a painful journey. >> it was tears of joy because i've been waiting for her. i've been waiting for her. >> carolyn johnson, abc67 news. >>> dr. petri sa

jillian at two years of age, had a newly developed form of encephalitis.new, researchers only described it a few years after -- before she was born. it's caused by anti-bodies created by the body's own immune system. >> it crosses into the brain and attacks parts of the brain. >> while the diagnosis is new the doctor said there are several strategies available to treat it. in jillian's case doctors used a process similar to kidney dialysis to remove the antibodies from her blood. her parents said slowly they have seen signs of recovery. >> we've seen her talking, we've seen her vocalizing. even though we can't understand it, but we are just waiting for her to say mom and dad. >> revived from the coma and treated for her symptoms, they released her to return home to reno. she still faces long months of physical therapy, but for her family finally to be able to hear her speak and watch her play, mark the end of a painful journey. >> it was tears of joy because i've been waiting for her. i've been waiting for her. >> carolyn johnson, abc7 news. >>> this week'

symptoms include a high fever and in serious cases, pneumonia and encephalitis. the disease is lethal with 56 deaths confirmed so far. a joint investigation by the cambodian government and the w.h.o. found samples of 15 victims tested positive for enterovirus 71, that causes hand, foot and mouth disease similar to conditions affecting the children in cambodia. the health minister says investigations are ongoing and said the government and the w.h.o. hope to conclude their investigation within days. the w.h.o. has ruled out the possibility that the deaths were caused by influenza. it's calling on parents to seek immediate medical assistance if their children show symptoms such as a high fever. >>> many view the u.s. as a land of opportunity. but more than 1.6 million children are homeless. a lot of them live on the streets. others in cars or shelters. but in one large city, a school principal is trying to give homeless children a better quality of life. >> the state of nevada, including las vegas, has the highest unemployment rate in the ugs, 11.7% within banks ar

they normally have serious, but treatab treatable, conditions like encephalitis and dengue fever. the mortality rates of those diseases are far lower. dengue fever which has infected a total of 10,000 people in cambodia so far this year killed 45. in comparison, at the main children's hospital in the capital, the mystery syndrome has killed 60 of 62 children who were brought there. an extremely high mortality rate. how concerned is w.h.o. about the spread of this outside of cambodia? >> our concern is really to get the diagnosis sorted out as quickly as possible. because then it will be much easier for us to assess how dangerous or not dangerous it is for neighboring countries. >> reporter: now four months after the first case was reported, health officials may be a little bit closer to figuring out exactly what it is. researchers have found an entero virus appearing in samples in more than a dozen of the caveses they have sampled. ev71 was discovered in the 1960s in the u.s. where it was blamed for an outbreak of neurological disease in california. it is associated with hand foot

there is one now that actually affectser platelets and we're worried about that and another causes encephalitiselling in the brain. >> jamie: can you not treat ms or it always... >> it depends how mild it is. that is an excellent question them. first time it comes on, people have a temporary loss of vision and you give steroids and stop and wait. for most patients we end up offering the treatments i mentioned but sometimes it is better to wait because of the side effects and she also talked about alternative treatments she has found therapeutic, including riding horses and talks about the love between the horse and the patient. and, it is not just... >> jamie: i have to tell you horses are magical. i love them. but, dr. samadi what is the difference between ms and, let's say, als which also seems neuromuscular. >> they are very similar and as mark mentioned it has to do with the auto-immune disease, your body is going to fight against all of those things and the information doesn't travel fast and they haifa teeing and all of the things we spoke about and over time can even end up in a wheelcha

symptoms include a high fever and in serious cases pneumonia and encephalitis. the disease is lethal with 56 deaths confirmed so far. a joint investigation by the cambodian government and the w.h.o. found samples from 15 of the victims tested positive for entero virus 71. the virus causes hand, foot and mouth disease, a condition with symptoms similar to those affecting the children in cambodia. the country's health minister said investigations are ongoing. he said the government and the w.h.o. hope to conclude their investigation within days. the w.h.o. has ruled out the possibility that the deaths are caused or were caused by influenza. it's calling on parents to seek medicine medical assistance if their children show symptoms such as high fever. >>> mmyanmar's opposition leade aung san suu kyi has taken part in parliament for the first time. she said there was plenty of work still needed to promote democracy in myanmar. the new session of parliament opened on wednesday last week in the capital. around 40 lower and upper house members of the largest opposition

symptoms include a high fever and in serious cases, pneumonia and encephalitis. the disease is lethal with 56 deaths confirmed so far. a joint investigation by the cambodian government and the w.h.o. found samples of 15 victims tested positive for enterovirus 71, that causes hand, foot and mouth disease a condition with symptoms similar to those affecting the children in cambodia. the health minister says investigations are ongoing and said the government and the w.h.o. hope to conclude their investigation within days. the w.h.o. has ruled out the possibility that the deaths were caused by influenza. it's calling on parents to seek immediate medical assistance if their children show symptoms such as a high fever. >>> tokyo residents are commuting under sunny skies this morning. we find out how long this weather will last and more in the world weather forecast. >> sunny weather will last until tomorrow afternoon. wet weather will return because a seasonal rain band is starting to lift toward the north. southern kyushu is expecting heavy rain by this evening. rain

. >> we monitor routinely for encephalitis, west nile virus. we're starting to monitor for others and also eee, the eastern equine encephalitis. >> reporter: her arsenal includes around a dozen aircraft that cover the 1200 square mile county looking for mosquito larvae breed wherever there is standing water which down here can be pretty much anywhere. and in florida where the bugs naturally thrive, it's about more than public health. >> it used to be about two months out of the year tourists would come to florida because that was the only time they didn't that much mosquitoes but we have since been able to control them. if we do that, we can have a 12-month-out of the year tourist season. >> reporter: so it means big bucks if you control mosquitoes. >> it's major for florida since tourism is such a big financial part of our state. >> reporter: i think some people might ask if you can't reach it by the ground, is it really a concern? aren't there mosquitoes out there in the wild somewhere? >> ideally it would be nice if the mosquitoes would stay

convulsions, fever, encephalitis and then the lungs completely destroyed. since the end of april, doctors in cambodia struggling with a major mystery. >> blood samples of those sick and dying children were eventually brought here and eventually they concluded there were several different pathogens. there was antivirus 71, stre streptocaccus. so cause this case, the labs had to work backwards. >> the first thing that goes through your head is to try and determine whether this is one of the usual suspects that you hadn't detected before. if it is, has it mutated or changed in such a way that it causes new disease or is it something new? >> two french doctors living in cambodia solved the mystery. >> once of the things we've heard several times now from the world health organization is no steroid should be used. they seem to say that steroids made this problem worse. >> when you have a dying child, you try to use what you have at hand and they were right to try that. now, whether or not it helps remain toes be different. >> i don't want to belabor the point, b

for example, in his case, he's 2 years old, we don't know what's causing his encephalitis.ly what happens. the fontanelle over here starts to bulge and the eyes over here, from there it becomes merciless, from the head, to the brain to the lungs. >> see these lungs. age 2 and five hours later -- >> reporter: in the last few hours of life, this unknown illness completely destroyed the child's lungs. and there was no way to stop it. never seen anything like this before? >> no, this is the first time, and this make us -- >> reporter: something called enterovirus 71, typically associated with hand, foot and mouth disease was found in more than a dozen patients. that's only adding to the mystery. the enterovirus lead to this? >> never, never, never. >> reporter: so it has to be something else? >> i think so, but we cannot prove. that we must look for. >> reporter: and that's where the investigation goes next. cambodian health officials and the w.h.o. say they're now looking into whether expired medication, the wrong medication, or inappropriate medication such as steroids could

. >> reporter: the only thing doctors knew was children were dying fast, fever, convulgzs and encephalitisthe lungs completely destroyed. since the end of april doctors in cambodia struggled with with a medical mystery. and that mystery was solved here. blood samples were brought to this laboratory, analyzed and they concluded that there were several different pathogens. there was virus 71. all of the infections were made worse by the use of steroids. the lab had to work backwards and eliminate known viruses. >> the first thing that goes through your head is to try and determine whether this is one of the usual suspects that you haven't detected before. if it is, has itmitated or changed in such a way that it causes more severe disease or is it something completely new. >> reporter: epidem aulgist s solved the mystery. no steroid should be used. they seem to think steroids made this problem worse. >> when you have a dying child you try to use what you have at hand. they were right to try that. whether or not it helps remains to be determined. >> reporter: i don't want to belabor the point

they develop, often times, encephalitis, which is inflammation of the brain. they get neurological symptoms. then the big concern is that whatever it is completely destroys these children's lungs. they have no ability to breathe on their own once this virus takes hold. so it's still a bit of a mystery. again, just merciless in the way it's behaving. >> we were talking during the break when we were trying to make sure you were there. i said, can i talk to dr. gupta. i asked if you had seen anything like this before. you said you haven't. so if doctors haven't seen anything like this before, if it's this frightening, how do you even start to fight it or to treat it, dr. gupta? >> well, you know, the doctors in certain parts of the world have seen similar things to this, and the treatment, if you will, don, is often similar. there's no specific cure for a lot of these viruses. you and i have talked over the years about different outbreaks, some of which have originated here in southeast asia. the care is often, what we call in the medical world, supportive. meani

doctors now are always dealing with other kinds of illnesses like dengue fever and encephalitis. dengue fever is a big problem. about 50 children per day are admitted to the particular hospital that we were in during the rainy season which is now. they're dealing with that. but this particular disease has people worried and concerned. they're really looking for the answer. what is it that is killing these children? >> a terrible, terrible situation there. thank you for the update on that. >>> now here's a rundown of the stories we're working on this morning. a virus infects millions of computers worldwide and the fbi is going to kick some of you off the internet on purpose starting tomorrow. >>> then a wild scene at this ohio gas station when a runaway semi crashes near one of the gas pumps. >>> the family of nelson mandela offers a unike tribute to the i-- unique tribute to the icon ahead of his 95th birthday. his granddaughter tell us what it is. >>> and one on one with ringo starr, the music legend reflects on his days as a member of the fab four. >>> they were incredibly, you

for example, in this child's case, who's 2 years old, we don't know what's causing his encephalitis but typically what happens. the fontanel starts to bulge. it becomes merciless. and the eyes bulge as well. from the head to the brain to the lungs. merciless. >> you see this lungs, 8:42 and five hours later, the lungs. >> reporter: in the last few hours of life, this unknown illness completely destroyed the child's lungs. and there was no way to stop it. i've never seen anything like this before. >> no. this is the first time at the end of april. and this make us worry. >> reporter: something called enterovirus 71 typically associated with hand, foot and mouth disease, was found in more than a dozen patients. but that's only adding to the mystery. would the enterovirus lead to this? >> never, never. >> reporter: so it has to be something else? >> i think so. we must look for. >> reporter: that's where the investigation goes next. cambodian health officials and w.h.o. say they're looking into whether expired medication, the wrong medication or inappropriate medication such as steroids co

many of them developed encephalitis, which is swelling of the brain. they had seizures.y characteristic lung problem whereas the doctor described it to me, their lungs were essentially destroyed. and those things, you know, just very uncommon with this virus alone. so, what we are learning is while police found this important clue, there is still a lot more that needs to be learned here, carol. >> so you spent a lot of time in a hospital there just describe to us what it was like. >> you know, the health care in cambodia, it is a tough situation and behind merck as you may be able to tell it is the rainy season, monsoon season and have a lot of the mosquito-borne illnesses that increase. i don't know if you can see any images there, carol, of the hospitals we were at there to give you an idea, in this one hospital, you have over 4,000 patients being treated this the week and many of them with thing also like dengue fever, to you ber cue lows cis is endemic here around add on top of that, somewhat of a mysterious illness. so it is heard, carol, to your point, to sort of f

people come in with a mild fever, many of them develop encephalitis which is an inflammation of the brainthis is almost complete destruction of the lungs according to the doctor who has been taking care of these patients. here in phnom penh. that virus has been isolated. >> is it contagious, sanjay? >> reporter: well, that's one of the missing parts of the puzzle here. if you think of enterovirus, they are contagious. if a child, for example, has it in their home, then a sibling would be more likely to get it, even a parent, for example. that's called clustering. it can cluster in communities and enterovirus to behave. we haven't seen that. they haven't seen that here in cambodia. sporadic cases in several different provinces around phnom penh but it's not behaving the way you would expect it to behave and that's why researchers are still trying to 0 study this. >> all right. still a mystery there. sanction, sanjay. sanjay gupta in cambodia. hi, ali. >>> former u.n. secretary-general kofi annan said they had constructive talks with assad this morning in damascus. they agreed on an approac

in this boy's case who's 2 years old, we don't know what's causing his encephalitis but this is typicallyges and the it goes merciless, from the head, to the brain to the lungs. >> the lungs, 8:42 and five hours later -- >> reporter: in the last hours of life this unknown illness completely destroyed the child's lungs and there was no way to stop it. i've never seen anything like this before. >> no. this is the first time. this make us worried. >> reporter: something called enterovirus 71 was found in more than a dozen patients but that's only adding to the mystery. the enterovirus leads to this? >> never, never. >> reporter: it has to be something else? >> i think so but we cannot proof. >> reporter: that's where the investigation goes next. cambodian health officials and w.h.o. say they're looking into whether expired medication, wrong medication or inappropriate medication such as steroids could be to blame. steroids can also make a relatively harmless infection suddenly much more severe. >> yes, that is definitely a possibility. >> reporter: as you can see from both the doctors and th

for example, in this child's case who is 1 years old, we don't know what's causing his encephalitis,ge and the eyes become dis-conjugate and from there it goes merciless, from the head, to the brain to the lungs. >> you see this, and here that's five hours late sneer in the last two hours of life the unknown illness completely destroyed the child's lungs, and there was no way to stop it. >> you've never seen anything like this before? >> this, this is the first time at the end of april, and this kes us worried. >> reporter: something called entroe virus 71. typically associated with hand, foot and mouth disease was found in more than a dozen patients, but that's only adding to the mystery. would the entero virus lead to this? >> never, never, i don't think so, but we must look for. >> reporter: and that's where the investigation goes next. cam bodyio health officials and the w.h.o. say they are looking into whether expired medication, the wrong medication or inappropriate medications such asteroids could be to blame. steroids can also make a relatively harmless infection something mu

a fever, convulsions, encephalitis, then the lungs completely destroyed.ril, doctors in cambodia struggled with a medical mystery. and that mystery was ultimately solved right over here. blood samples from the sick and dying children were brought to this laboratory, analyzed like you see there, and eventually they concluded there were several different path generals. enterovirus 71, strep calk us, and deng ee. those were made worse by use of steroids. to crack the case, the lab had to work backwards. first, eliminate known virus, afian flu, sars. >> first thing goes through your head is to try to determine whether this is one of the usual suspects you haven't detiktd before. if it is, has it mutated or changed in such a way it causes more severe disease, or is it something completely new. >> epidemiologist here and a viralologist solved the mystery. >> one of the things we heard several times from world health organization is no steroids should be used. they seem to say steroids made this problem worse. >> when you have a dying child, you try to use what y

oftentimes come in with relatively mild fever, again according to this doctor, but then develop encephalitise children become almost in a coma-like state and from there, wolf, they develop a profound lung deterioration. as the doctor described to me, the lungs become completely destroyed and even putting the patient on a ventilator, these children on ventilators doesn't help because the lungs aren't exchanging air anymore with the blood, oxygen with the blood. so it's frightening, wolf to see and hear described. >> sanjay, thanks so much for doing this report. really, really appreciate it. we'll stay in close touch. get hopefully some follow-up tomorrow. dr. gupta on the scene for us in cambodia. kate, it shows you know, there's a crisis like this sanjay, he doesn't waste any time. he goes there. he's not only a great journal just but he's a neurosurgeon. a physician. he wants to get that story out. >> it's one of the stories when you put the eyes of the world on it, maybe something can be done. 64 dead already. thank you wolf. >>> we're going to move now to what is trending here in "the sit

in this case, he was two years old, we don't know what's causing encephalitis.rom the head to the brain to the lungs. >> you see the lungs, 8:42, and five hours later, this is the lungs. >> in the last few hours of life, this unknown illness completely destroyed the child's lungs and there was no way to stop it. >> never seen anything like this before. >> this is the first time and this make us worry. >> something called enterovirus 71, associated with hand, foot and mouth disease was found in more than a dozen patients. but that's only adding to the mystery. >> enterovirus. >> never, never. >> it has to be something else. >> i think so. but we cannot prove. but we must look for. >> and that's where the investigation goes next. cambodian health officials and who are looking into whether expired medication, the wrong medication or inappropriate medication like steroids could be to blame. >> steroids can also make a relatively harmless infection suddenly much more severe. >> yes, that is definitely a possibility. >> sanjay joins us live from cambodia. i understand