title: Emergence of enterovirus D68 in Denmark, June 2014 to February 2015.
abstract: From June 2014 through February 2015, respiratory samples from 130 Danish patients were screened for enterovirus D68 (EV-D68). Fourteen EV-D68 cases were detected, of which 12 presented with respiratory symptoms, and eight had known underlying disease. The median age of EV-D68 cases was three years (interquartile range: 0–30 years). Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) was not detected although Danish EV-D68 strains showed > 98% nt identity with EV-D68-strains from AFP cases from the United States and France.
authors.affiliation: Section for Virus Surveillance and Research, Department of Microbiological Diagnostics and Virology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Midgley
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Christiansen
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Poulsen
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Fischer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D030016:Enterovirus D, Human / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D004769:Enterovirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D010802:Phylogeny; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000821:virology