Emerging Infectious Diseases (Sep 2020)

Enterovirus D68 Subclade B3 in Children with Acute Flaccid Paralysis in West Africa, 2016

  • Amary Fall,
  • Ndack Ndiaye,
  • Kevin Messacar,
  • Ousmane Kebe,
  • Mamadou Malado Jallow,
  • Hamid Harouna,
  • Davy Evrard Kiori,
  • Sara Sy,
  • Déborah Goudiaby,
  • Mohamed Dia,
  • Mbayame Ndiaye Niang,
  • Kader Ndiaye,
  • Ndongo Dia

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2609.200312
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 9
pp. 2227 – 2230

Abstract

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We tested for enterovirus D68 in fecal samples collected during June–September 2016 from 567 patients with acute flaccid paralysis in 7 West Africa nations. Children <5 years old comprised 64.3% of enterovirus D68 positive patients. Our findings emphasize the need for active surveillance for acute flaccid myelitis.

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