Seven Strains of Enterovirus D68 Detected in the United States during the 2014 Severe Respiratory Disease Outbreak

B A Brown; W A Nix; M Sheth; M Frace; M S Oberste

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01201-14

Seven Strains of Enterovirus D68 Detected in the United States during the 2014 Severe Respiratory Disease Outbreak

Genome Announc. 2014 Nov 20;2(6):e01201-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01201-14.

Authors

B A Brown¹, W A Nix¹, M Sheth², M Frace², M S Oberste³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
² Division of Scientific Resources, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
³ Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA soberste@cdc.gov.

Abstract

Clusters of severe respiratory disease in the United States were reported to the CDC beginning in August 2014. Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) was identified from 83% (30/36) of initial severe cases. Investigations in August and September found severe EV-D68 cases to be widespread across the United States. We report seven EV-D68 genomes from the outbreak.