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Outbreak of enterovirus D68 of the new B3 lineage in Stockholm, Sweden, August to September 2016
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsRobert Dyrdakrobert.dyrdak karolinska.se
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Citation style for this article: . Outbreak of enterovirus D68 of the new B3 lineage in Stockholm, Sweden, August to September 2016. Euro Surveill. 2016;21(46):pii=30403. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.46.30403 Received: 02 Nov 2016; Accepted: 17 Nov 2016
Abstract
We report an enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) outbreak in Stockholm Sweden in 2016. Between 22 August and 25 September EV-D68 was detected in 74/495 respiratory samples analysed at the Karolinska University Hospital. During the peak week, 30/91 (33%) samples were EV-D68 positive. Viral protein (VP)P4/VP2 sequencing revealed that cases were caused by B3 lineage strains. Forty-four (59%) EV-D68-positive patients were children aged ≤ 5 years. Ten patients had severe respiratory or neurological symptoms and one died.
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