Maginnis Quoted in Press Herald Article on Enterovirus

Melissa Maginnis, a microbiology professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Portland Press Herald about the first confirmed case of enterovirus D68 by Maine health officials. Maginnis said people should be concerned about the virus because it has quickly spread across the U.S. this year, and was not contained to a region. “It’s really hard to predict what’s going to happen. This is a very serious virus, and there is potential for it to continue to spread,” she said, adding the virus has the potential to become more widespread than West Nile virus.