Children's Hospital Colorado experts publish article on the 2014 enterovirus D68 outbreak

(Children's Hospital Colorado) From August to September 2014, a nationwide outbreak of enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) left resources constrained for Children's Hospital Colorado (Children's Colorado) and pediatric organizations throughout the nation. Researchers and operational experts at Children's Colorado looked at the change in hospital resources utilized during the outbreak periods and compared the data to what would have been expected during a calm respiratory season, which allowed the team to indirectly estimate the impact of the virus.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news