Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) infections are associated with severe respiratory disease and acute flaccid myelitis (AFM). The European Non-Polio Enterovirus Network (ENPEN) aimed to investigate the epidemiological and genetic characteristics of EV-D68 infections and its clinical impact during the fall-winter season of 2021-2022. From 19 European countries, 58 institutes reported 10 481 (6.8%) EV-positive samples of which 1004 (9.6%) were identified as EV-D68 (including 852 respiratory samples). Clinical data were reported for 969 cases; 78.9% of infections were reported in children (0-5 years); and 37.9% of cases were hospitalized. Acute respiratory distress was commonly noted (93.1%) followed by fever (49.4%). Neurological problems were observed in 6.4% of cases including 6 diagnosed with AFM. Phylodynamic/Nextstrain and phylogenetic analyses based on 694 sequences showed the emergence of 2 novel B3-derived lineages, with no regional clustering. In conclusion, we describe a large-scale European EV-D68 upsurge with severe clinical impact and the emergence of B3-derived lineages.
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- Child MeSH
- Adult MeSH
- Enterovirus Infections * epidemiology virology MeSH
- Phylogeny * MeSH
- Respiratory Tract Infections virology epidemiology MeSH
- Infant MeSH
- Middle Aged MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Enterovirus D, Human * genetics classification isolation & purification MeSH
- Adolescent MeSH
- Young Adult MeSH
- Myelitis epidemiology virology MeSH
- Neuromuscular Diseases epidemiology virology MeSH
- Infant, Newborn MeSH
- Child, Preschool MeSH
- Aged MeSH
- Central Nervous System Viral Diseases epidemiology virology MeSH
- Check Tag
- Child MeSH
- Adult MeSH
- Infant MeSH
- Middle Aged MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Adolescent MeSH
- Young Adult MeSH
- Male MeSH
- Infant, Newborn MeSH
- Child, Preschool MeSH
- Aged MeSH
- Female MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Multicenter Study MeSH
- Geographicals
- Europe MeSH
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- MeSH
- Betacoronavirus MeSH
- COVID-19 MeSH
- Disease Outbreaks MeSH
- Genome, Viral MeSH
- Public Health Surveillance MeSH
- Whole Genome Sequencing MeSH
- Conspectus
- Veřejné zdraví a hygiena
- NML Fields
- veřejné zdravotnictví
- virologie
- NML Publication type
- publikace WHO