Upsurge of Enterovirus D68, the Netherlands, 2016

Abstract

In June and July 2016, we identified 8 adults and 17 children with respiratory enterovirus D68 infections. Thirteen children required intensive care unit admission because of respiratory insufficiency, and 1 had concomitant acute flaccid myelitis. Phylogenetic analysis showed that all of 20 sequences obtained belong to the recently described clade B3.

Keywords

• enterovirus
• infectious myelitis
• flaccid quadriplegia
• respiratory insufficiency
• infectious disease outbreaks
• viruses