Prospective enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) surveillance from September 2015 to November 2018 indicates a current wave of activity in Wales.

Prospective enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) surveillance from September 2015 to November 2018 indicates a current wave of activity in Wales.
Euro Surveill. 2018 Nov;23(46):
Authors: Cottrell S, Moore C, Perry M, Hilvers E, Williams C, Shankar AG
Abstract
Since 7 June 2018, an enterovirus D-68 (EV-D68) season (the third since 2015) is ongoing in Wales, with 114 confirmed cases thus far. Median age of the 220 cases since 2015 is 2.5 years (2.5 years in intensive care cases), 94% were hospitalised, 17% (n = 38) in intensive care. All had respiratory symptoms; bronchiolitis symptoms were reported in 60 cases, severe respiratory symptoms in 23 and acute flaccid myelitis in two cases.
PMID: 30458915 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Euro Surveill - November 1, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Cottrell S, Moore C, Perry M, Hilvers E, Williams C, Shankar AG Tags: Euro Surveill Source Type: research