Severe respiratory illness associated with enterovirus D68 – multiple states, 2014

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• Alternative Title:
  EV-D68
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  September 12, 2014, 17:00 ET (5:00 pm ET)
  
  CDCHAN-00369
  
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is working closely with hospitals and local and state health departments to investigate recent increases in hospitalizations of patients with severe respiratory illness. Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) has been detected in specimens from children with severe illness in Missouri and Illinois. Investigations into suspected clusters in other jurisdictions are ongoing. The purpose of this HAN Advisory is to provide awareness of EV-D68 as a possible cause of acute unexplained respiratory illness, and to provide guidance to state health departments and health care providers. Please disseminate this information to infectious disease specialists, intensive care physicians, pediatricians, internists, infection preventionists, and primary care providers, as well as to emergency departments and microbiology laboratories.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Child Enterovirus D, Human Enterovirus Infections Hospitalization Respiratory Tract Infections
• Source:
  HAN ; 369
• Series:
  Health Alert Network
• Document Type:
  HAN Health Advisory
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; Missouri
• Pages in Document:
  3 unnumbered pages
• Issue:
  369
• Collection(s):
  Health Alert Network (HAN)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e242b9aa34c53a35d624c567db050d9406d5ad48cda0f4d39b3c763663c778627162765c7d97b75dd32890e967fd561ca27cef7c34ecb7c996fe39b86f3f0d8a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/25272/cdc_25272_DS1.pdf
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