Enterovirus D68 in Hospitalized Children, Barcelona, Spain, 2014–2021

Autor: Cristina Andrés, Jorgina Vila, Anna Creus-Costa, Maria Piñana, Alejandra González-Sánchez, Juliana Esperalba, Maria Gema Codina, Carla Castillo, Maria Carmen Martín, Francisco Fuentes, Susana Rubio, Karen García-Comuñas, Rodrigo Vásquez-Mercado, Narcís Saubi, Carlos Rodrigo, Tomàs Pumarola, Andrés Antón
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 28, Iss 7, Pp 1327-1331 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid2807.220264
Popis: To determine molecular epidemiology and clinical features of enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) infections, we reviewed EV-D68–associated respiratory cases at a hospital in Barcelona, Spain, during 2014–2021. Respiratory samples were collected from hospitalized patients or outpatients with symptoms of acute respiratory tract infection or suggestive of enterovirus infection. Enterovirus detection was performed by real-time multiplex reverse transcription PCR and characterization by phylogenetic analysis of the partial viral protein 1 coding region sequences. From 184 patients with EV-D68 infection, circulating subclades were B3 (80%), D1 (17%), B2 (1%), and A (
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