Emergence of enterovirus D68 clade D1, France, August to November 2018

We report a seasonal increase of enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) cases in France, with 54 cases detected between 19 August and 14 November 2018. Molecular typing revealed that 20 of 32 of the isolates belonged to clade D1, only sporadically detected before in France. Median age of D1-cases was 42 years, 10...

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Published in:Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles 2019-01, Vol.24 (3), p.1
Main Authors: Bal, Antonin, Sabatier, Marina, Wirth, Thierry, Coste-Burel, Marianne, Lazrek, Mouna, Stefic, Karl, Brengel-Pesce, Karen, Morfin, Florence, Lina, Bruno, Schuffenecker, Isabelle, Josset, Laurence
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Language:English
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Disease transmission
Human health and pathology
Infectious diseases
Life Sciences
Microbiology and Parasitology
Public health
Rapid Communication
Santé publique et épidémiologie
Virology
Viruses
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Summary:We report a seasonal increase of enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) cases in France, with 54 cases detected between 19 August and 14 November 2018. Molecular typing revealed that 20 of 32 of the isolates belonged to clade D1, only sporadically detected before in France. Median age of D1-cases was 42 years, 10 developed severe respiratory signs and one had neurological complications. The 2018-D1 viruses showed a genetic divergence of 3.34 % with D1 viruses identified previously.
ISSN:1560-7917
1025-496X
1560-7917
1025-496X
DOI:10.2807/1560-7917.es.2019.24.3.1800699