title: Isolation of an Enterovirus D68 from Blood from a Child with Pneumonia in Rural Haiti: Close Phylogenetic Linkage with New York Strain.
abstract: We report the detection and isolation of enterovirus D68 from the blood of a 6-year-old child in rural Haiti, who presented with high fever and clinical signs suggestive of pneumonia. On phylogenetic analysis, this Haitian isolate was virtually identical to an enterovirus D68 strain circulating in New York during the same time period.
authors.affiliation: From the *Emerging Pathogens Institute, †Department of Environmental and Global Health, College of Public Health and Health Professions, ‡Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Sciences, College of Medicine, ‖Department of Health Services Research, Management, and Policy, College of Public Health and Health Professions, and **Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; §Department of Infectious Parasitic and Immunomediated Diseases, Reference Centre on Phylogeny, Molecular Epidemiology and Microbial Evolution (FEMEM)/Epidemiology Unit, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy; and ¶Christianville Foundation School Clinic, Gressier, Haiti.
authors.forename: Maha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: ElBadry
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lednicky
authors.forename: Eleonora
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cella
authors.forename: Taina
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Telisma
authors.forename: Sonese
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chavannes
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Loeb
authors.forename: Massinno
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ciccozzi
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Okech
authors.forename: Valery Madsen
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Beau De Rochars
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salemi
authors.forename: J Glenn
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Morris
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D030016:Enterovirus D, Human / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004769:Enterovirus Infections / Q000821:virology*; D006205:Haiti; D006801:Humans; D010802:Phylogeny; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000821:virology*