Enterovirus D68

Acute Flaccid Paralysis after Enterovirus D68 Outbreak - January 20, 2015

CDC investigation of acute flaccid myelitis in U.S. children, 2014- Every year, children in the United States develop neurologic illness with limb weakness, and often the causes are not identified. Such illnesses can result from viral infections, environmental toxins, and genetic disorders.

After Enterovirus 68 outbreak, a paralysis mystery,

by Catherine Saint Louis, New York Times, Jan 12

Enterovirus D68: A clinically important respiratory enterovirus.

Foster CB, et al. Cleve Clin J Med. 2015 Jan;82(1):26-31.

Acute flaccid paralysis following enterovirus D68 associated pneumonia, France, 2014.

Lang M, et al. Euro Surveill. 2014 Nov 6;19(44). pii: 20952.

Enterovirus D68: Genomic Insights - November 13, 2014

Genome sequence of enterovirus D68 from St. Louis, Missouri, USA,
Emerging Infectious Diseases, January 2015

Genome sequenced of enterovirus D68 circulating in St. Louis,

Science Daily, October 29, 2014

Enterovirus D68: Genomics and Public Health - October 22, 2014

CDC information: What parents need to know about Enterovirus D68

CDC information: Enterovirus D68 in the United States, 2014

What CDC is doing about EV-D68 genomics?
CDC has obtained one complete genomic sequence and six nearly complete genomic sequences from viruses representing the three known strains of EV-D68 that are causing infection at this time. CDC is comparing these sequences to sequences from previous years shows they are genetically related to strains of EV-D68 that were detected in previous years in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Also, CDC has submitted the sequences to GenBank to make them available to the scientific community for further testing and analysis.

CDC develops a new, faster lab genome-based test for Enterovirus D68

Worldwide emergence of multiple clades of enterovirus 68.

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