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

S E Midgley; C B Christiansen; M W Poulsen; C H Hansen; T K Fischer

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.17.21105

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Emergence of enterovirus D68 in Denmark, June 2014 to February 2015
S E Midgley¹ , C B Christiansen² , M W Poulsen¹ , C H Hansen¹ , T K Fischer^1,3
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Affiliations: ¹ Section for Virus Surveillance and Research, Department of Microbiological Diagnostics and Virology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark ² Department of Clinical Microbiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark ³ Center for Global Health, Clinical Institute, Syddansk University, Odense, Denmark

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Citation style for this article: Midgley S E, Christiansen C B, Poulsen M W, Hansen C H, Fischer T K. Emergence of enterovirus D68 in Denmark, June 2014 to February 2015. Euro Surveill. 2015;20(17):pii=21105. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.17.21105 Received: 20 Apr 2015

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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. .