Journal of the Formosan Medical Association (Feb 2019)

Genomic analysis of enterovirus D68, including one strain isolated from a child with Wilson's disease in Taiwan

  • Yeh-Sheng Chien,
  • Shu-Ting Luo,
  • Kuo-Chien Tsao,
  • Ying-Hsiang Wang,
  • Tzou-Yien Lin,
  • Yhu-Chering Huang,
  • Min-Shi Lee

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 118, no. 2
pp. 641 – 646

Abstract

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North America experienced life-threatening outbreaks of enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) in 2014. We retrospectively detected EV-D68 from a child with Wilson's disease in 2008 in Taiwan. After comparing this EV-D68/Taiwan/2008 strain with EV-D68 genomes obtained from the public domain, it was classified as genome type 1-B; it is phylogenetically related to the predominant EV-D68 viruses that circulated in 2009 in Vietnam. It is necessary to strengthen EV-D68 detection globally, including in children with acute liver failure. Moreover, harmonization of genomic analysis of EV-D68 is desirable to understand global evolution of EV-D68. Keywords: Enterovirus D68, Genome study, Molecular epidemiology, Next-generation sequencing