Low-level Circulation of Enterovirus D68–Associated Acute Respiratory Infections, Germany, 2014

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Reiche, Janine ; Böttcher, Sindy ; Diedrich, Sabine ; Buchholz, Udo ; Buda, Silke ; Haas, Walter ; Schweiger, Brunhilde ; Wolff, Thorsten
• Description:
  We used physician sentinel surveillance to identify 25 (7.7%) mild to severe infections with enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) in children and adults among 325 outpatients with acute respiratory infections in Germany during August-October 2014. Results suggested low-level circulation of enterovirus D68 in Germany. Viruses were characterized by sequencing viral protein (VP) 1 and VP4/VP2 genomic regions.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Child Child, Preschool Enterovirus D, Human Enterovirus Infections/Epidemiology Enterovirus Infections/History Enterovirus Infections/Virology Female Genes, Viral History, 21St Century Humans Male Middle Aged Phylogeny Population Surveillance Respiratory Tract Infections/Epidemiology Respiratory Tract Infections/History Respiratory Tract Infections/Virology Seasons Viral Load Young Adult

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 21(5):837-841.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Historical Article
• Place as Subject:
  Germany
• Volume:
  21
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0cca6db961429c6b291b05bd59f9daf2ad6e529218f7e3ed9ca577ba21e03850
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/30911/cdc_30911_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1.13 MB ]