Low-level Circulation of Enterovirus D68–Associated Acute Respiratory Infections, Germany, 2014

Abstract

We used physician sentinel surveillance to identify 25 (7.7%) mild to severe infections with enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) in children and adults among 325 outpatients with acute respiratory infections in Germany during August–October 2014. Results suggested low-level circulation of enterovirus D68 in Germany. Viruses were characterized by sequencing viral protein (VP) 1 and VP4/VP2 genomic regions.

Keywords

• enterovirus D68
• EV D68
• viruses
• respiratory infections
• influenza-like illness
• sentinel surveillance