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SUBMITTER: Biggs HM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7902261 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Influenza and other respiratory viruses 20201205 2
We assessed EV-D68 epidemiology and phylogenetics among children aged ≤9 years hospitalized with severe acute respiratory illnesses at five sites in Panama and El Salvador during 2012-2013. Respiratory specimens positive for enterovirus or rhinovirus were tested by real-time RT-PCR for EV-D68, and partial VP1 gene sequences were determined. Of 715 enrolled children, 17 from sites in both countries were EV-D68-positive and commonly had a history of asthma or wheezing. Phylogenetically, 15 of 16 s ...[more]