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Outbreak of enterovirus D68 of the new B3 lineage in Stockholm, Sweden, August to September 2016.
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin - 17 Nov 2016
Dyrdak Robert, Grabbe Malin, Hammas Berit, Ekwall Jonas, Hansson Karin E, Luthander Joachim, Naucler Pontus, Reinius Henrik, Rotzén-Östlund Maria, Albert Jan
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We report an enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) outbreak in Stockholm Sweden in 2016. Between 22 August and 25 September EV-D68 was detected in 74/495 respiratory samples analysed at the Karolinska University Hospital. During the peak week, 30/91 (33%) samples were EV-D68 positive. Viral protein (VP)P4/VP2 sequencing revealed that cases were caused by B3 lineage strains. Forty-four (59%) EV-D68-positive patients were...
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