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. 2016 Nov 17;21(46):30403.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.46.30403.

Outbreak of enterovirus D68 of the new B3 lineage in Stockholm, Sweden, August to September 2016

Robert Dyrdak  1   2 , Malin Grabbe  1   2 , Berit Hammas  1   2 , Jonas Ekwall  3 , Karin E Hansson  4 , Joachim Luthander  5   6 , Pontus Naucler  7   8 , Henrik Reinius  9   10 , Maria Rotzén-Östlund  1   2 , Jan Albert  1   2
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Outbreak of enterovirus D68 of the new B3 lineage in Stockholm, Sweden, August to September 2016

Robert Dyrdak et al. Euro Surveill. .

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  • Addendum for Euro Surveill. 2016;21(46).
    Eurosurveillance editorial team. Eurosurveillance editorial team. Euro Surveill. 2016 Nov 24;21(47):30409. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.47.30409. Euro Surveill. 2016. PMID: 27922450 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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.

Keywords: VP4/VP2 sequencing; acute flaccid myelitis; enterovirus D68; outbreak; respiratory infection.

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Conflicts of Interest: None declared.

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Figure 1
Results of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis of routine respiratory samples, Stockholm, Sweden, 2014–2016
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Figure 2
Maximum likelihood phylogenetic tree constructed using enterovirus D68 viral protein (VP)4/VP2 sequences (435 bp) from Stockholm, Sweden and relevant GenBank sequences
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