[Source: Journal of Clinical Virology, full page: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
Journal of Clinical Virology | Available online 11 June 2020, 104503 | In Press, Journal Pre-proof | Short communication
ENTEROVIRUS D68-ASSOCIATED RESPIRATORY INFECTION IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL, 2018 – A POPULATION-BASED LABORATORY SURVEILLANCE
SM Raboni a, HI Giamberardino b, MC Debur c, JS Santos a
a Virology Laboratory, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil; b Epidemiology Division, Hospital Pequeno Príncipe, Curitiba, Brazil; c Public Health Laboratory, Secretaria de Saúde do Estado do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
Received 4 May 2020, Revised 29 May 2020, Accepted 8 June 2020, Available online 11 June 2020.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2020.104503
Highlights
- Patients with SARI or ILI notified during epidemiological surveillance are investigated to detect respiratory virus.
- Enteroviruses were detected in 69/6,535 (1%), being 39/69 (56.5%) of SARI, and 30/69 (43.5%) of ILI cases.
- EV-D68 was detected in the 36 samples previously identified as EV/RV co-detection.
- This finding settles the sustained circulation of EV-D68 in southern Brazil.
Abstract
Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) strain was confirmed in 36/69 – 52.2% of enterovirus-positive samples collected through surveillance networks for severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) and influenza-like illness (ILI) in southern Brazil in 2018. This finding settles the sustained circulation of EV-D68 in southern Brazil.
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Keywords: Enterovirus; EV-D68; SARI; Brazil.
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