Circulation of Enterovirus D68 during Period of Increased Influenza-Like Illness, Maryland, USA, 2021

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 28; no. 7; pp. 1525 - 1527
• Main Authors: Fall, Amary, Gallagher, Nicholas, Morris, C. Paul, Norton, Julie M., Pekosz, Andrew, Klein, Eili, Mostafa, Heba H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.07.2022; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Causes of; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Disease control; Disease Outbreaks; Distribution; Enterovirus; Enterovirus D, Human - genetics; enterovirus D68; Enterovirus diseases; Enterovirus Infections; Enteroviruses; Epidemics; EV-D68; Genetic aspects; Genomes; Hospital systems; Hospitals; Humans; Identification and classification; Illnesses; Infectious diseases; Influenza; Influenza, Human - complications; Influenza, Human - epidemiology; Laboratories; Maryland; Maryland - epidemiology; Medicine; Pandemics; Pathology; Pediatric respiratory diseases; Pediatrics; Phylogeny; Research Letter; Respiratory diseases; respiratory infections; Respiratory Tract Infections - epidemiology; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Statistics; Surveillance; United States - epidemiology; Virus Diseases; viruses; United States; Maryland; United States > US; North America; Colorado; Europe; Baltimore Maryland; viruses; enterovirus; EV-D68; United States; enterovirus D68; influenza-like illness; Maryland; respiratory infections
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid2807.212603

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 D68 genomes clustered within the B3 subclade that circulated in 2018 in Europe and the United States.