Journal article
What happened to enterovirus D68 infections in 2015?
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Enterovirus-D68 (EV-D68) was observed in association with severe respiratory disease in children in North America and around the world in the fall of 2014.
OBJECTIVE: To compare fall 2014 detection rates with fall 2015 detection rates of EV-D68 in nasopharyngeal swab (NPS) samples collected for routine clinical care from a large regional laboratory in south-central Ontario.
Authors
Harris D; Desai S; Smieja M; Rutherford C; Mertz D; Pernica JM
Journal
Relevé des maladies transmissibles au Canada, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 9–11
Publisher
Infectious Disease and Control Branch (IDPCB) - Public Health Agency of Canada
Publication Date
January 7, 2016
DOI
10.14745/ccdr.v42i01a02
ISSN
1188-4169