Circulation of Enterovirus D68 during Period of Increased Influenza-Like Illness, Maryland, USA, 2021

Emerg Infect Dis. 2022 Jul;28(7):1525-1527. doi: 10.3201/eid2807.212603. Epub 2022 May 31.

Abstract

We report enterovirus D68 circulation in Maryland, USA, during September-October 2021, which was associated with a spike in influenza-like illness. The characterized enterovirus D68 genomes clustered within the B3 subclade that circulated in 2018 in Europe and the United States.

Keywords: EV-D68; Maryland; United States; enterovirus; enterovirus D68; influenza-like illness; respiratory infections; viruses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Enterovirus D, Human* / genetics
  • Enterovirus Infections*
  • Enterovirus*
  • Humans
  • Influenza, Human* / complications
  • Influenza, Human* / epidemiology
  • Maryland / epidemiology
  • Phylogeny
  • Respiratory Tract Infections* / epidemiology
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Virus Diseases*