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. 2014 Nov 20;2(6):e01201-14.
doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01201-14.

Seven Strains of Enterovirus D68 Detected in the United States during the 2014 Severe Respiratory Disease Outbreak

B A Brown  1 , W A Nix  1 , M Sheth  2 , M Frace  2 , M S Oberste  3
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Seven Strains of Enterovirus D68 Detected in the United States during the 2014 Severe Respiratory Disease Outbreak

B A Brown et al. Genome Announc. .

Abstract

Clusters of severe respiratory disease in the United States were reported to the CDC beginning in August 2014. Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) was identified from 83% (30/36) of initial severe cases. Investigations in August and September found severe EV-D68 cases to be widespread across the United States. We report seven EV-D68 genomes from the outbreak.

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