Emergence of enterovirus D68 in Denmark, June 2014 to February 2015

Euro Surveill. 2015 Apr 30;20(17):21105. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2015.20.17.21105.

Abstract

From June 2014 through February 2015, respiratory samples from 130 Danish patients were screened for enterovirus D68 (EV-D68). Fourteen EV-D68 cases were detected, of which 12 presented with respiratory symptoms, and eight had known underlying disease. The median age of EV-D68 cases was three years (interquartile range: 0–30 years). Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) was not detected although Danish EV-D68 strains showed > 98% nt identity with EV-D68-strains from AFP cases from the United States and France.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / epidemiology*
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / virology
  • Denmark / epidemiology
  • Enterovirus D, Human / classification*
  • Enterovirus D, Human / genetics
  • Enterovirus Infections / epidemiology*
  • Enterovirus Infections / virology
  • Female
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Mass Screening
  • Middle Aged
  • Phylogeny
  • Respiratory Tract Infections / epidemiology
  • Respiratory Tract Infections / etiology*
  • Respiratory Tract Infections / virology