The importance of enterovirus surveillance in a post-polio world

TK Fischer, P Simmonds, H Harvala - The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2022 - thelancet.com
Poliovirus is known to most people in the world as the cause of polio, a devastating paralytic
disease from the past. Success in polio eradication has understandably translated into …

[HTML][HTML] Enterovirus D68 in hospitalized children, Barcelona, Spain, 2014–2021

C Andrés, J Vila, A Creus-Costa, M Piñana… - Emerging infectious …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
To determine molecular epidemiology and clinical features of enterovirus D68 (EV-D68)
infections, we reviewed EV-D68–associated respiratory cases at a hospital in Barcelona …

Detection of Enterovirus D68 in Wastewater Samples from the UK between July and November 2021

A Tedcastle, T Wilton, E Pegg, D Klapsa, E Bujaki… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Infection with enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) has been linked with severe neurological disease
such as acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) in recent years. However, active surveillance for EV …

[HTML][HTML] Circulation of enterovirus D68 during period of increased influenza-like illness, Maryland, USA, 2021

A Fall, N Gallagher, CP Morris, JM Norton… - Emerging infectious …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We report enterovirus D68 circulation in Maryland, USA, during September–October 2021,
which was associated with a spike in influenza-like illness. The characterized enterovirus …

Global prevalence and case fatality rate of Enterovirus D68 infections, a systematic review and meta-analysis

A Fall, S Kenmoe, JT Ebogo-Belobo… - PLoS Neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
A substantial amount of epidemiological data has been reported on Enterovirus D68 (EV-
D68) infections after the 2014 outbreak. Our goal was to map the case fatality rate (CFR) and …

Evolution, geographic spreading, and demographic distribution of Enterovirus D68

EB Hodcroft, R Dyrdak, C Andrés, A Egli, J Reist… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Worldwide outbreaks of enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) in 2014 and 2016 have caused serious
respiratory and neurological disease. We collected samples from several European …

[HTML][HTML] Using the acute flaccid paralysis surveillance system to identify cases of acute flaccid myelitis, Australia, 2000‒2018

LJ Walker, BR Thorley, A Morris, EJ Elliott… - Emerging Infectious …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Since 2012, the United States has reported a distinct syndrome of acute flaccid
paralysis (AFP) with anterior myelitis, predominantly in children. This polio-like syndrome …

Cases of acute flaccid paralysis associated with coxsackievirus A2: Findings of a 20-year surveillance in the Russian Federation

OE Ivanova, AK Shakaryan, NS Morozova… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Surveillance for acute flaccid paralysis syndrome (AFP) in children under 15 is the backbone
of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. Laboratory examination of stool samples from AFP …

Enterovirus D68 epidemic, UK, 2018, was caused by subclades B3 and D1, predominantly in children and adults, respectively, with both subclades exhibiting …

HC Howson-Wells, T Tsoleridis… - Microbial …, 2022 - microbiologyresearch.org
Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) has recently been identified in biennial epidemics coinciding with
diagnoses of non-polio acute flaccid paralysis/myelitis (AFP/AFM). We investigated the …

The potential role of human immune cells in the systemic dissemination of enterovirus-D68

BM Laksono, SS Na Ayudhya, M Aguilar-Bretones… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Abstract Enterovirus-D68 (EV-D68) often causes mild respiratory infections, but can also
cause severe respiratory infections and extra-respiratory complications, including acute …