EV-D68 infection in children with asthma exacerbation and pneumonia in Mexico City during 2014 autumn.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Human enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) recently caused an increase in mild-to-severe pediatric respiratory cases in North America and some European countries. Even though few of these children presented with acute paralytic disease, direct causal relationship cannot yet be assumed.

Objectives

The purposes of this report were to describe the clinical findings of an outbreak of EV-D68 infection in Mexico City and identify the genetic relationship with previously reported strains.

Patients/methods

Between September and December 2014, 126 nasopharyngeal samples (NPS) of hospitalized children <15 years of age with ARI were tested for the presence of respiratory viruses using a multiplex RT-qPCR and EV-D68-specific RT-qPCR. Clinical, epidemiological, and demographic data

SUBMITTER: Vazquez-Perez JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4814865 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature