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Kimberley Sm Benschop¹, Jan Albert^2,3, Andres Anton⁴

¹Center for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands.

Euro Surveillance : Bulletin Europeen Sur Les Maladies Transmissibles = European Communicable Disease Bulletin

|November 12, 2021

Abstract:

We report a rapid increase in enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) infections, with 139 cases reported from eight European countries between 31 July and 14 October 2021. This upsurge is in line with the seasonality of EV-D68 and was presumably stimulated by the widespread reopening after COVID-19 lockdown. Most cases were identified in September, but more are to be expected in the coming months. Reinforcement of clinical awareness, diagnostic capacities and surveillance of EV-D68 is urgently needed in Europe.

Keywords:

acute flaccid myelitis enterovirus enterovirus D68 respiratory infection surveillance typing

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