Detection and Genomic Characterization of Enterovirus D68 in Respiratory Samples Isolated in the United States in 2016

Terry Fei Fan Ng; Anna Montmayeur; Christina Castro; Marshall Cone; Joey Stringer; Daryl M Lamson; Shannon L Rogers; Shur-Wern Wang Chern; Laura Magaña; Rachel Marine; Heather Rubino; Daniel Serinaldi; Kirsten St George; W Allan Nix

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01350-16

Detection and Genomic Characterization of Enterovirus D68 in Respiratory Samples Isolated in the United States in 2016

Genome Announc. 2016 Dec 8;4(6):e01350-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01350-16.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
² CSRA International, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
³ Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.
⁴ Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
⁵ Dallas County Health and Human Services, Dallas, Texas, USA.
⁶ Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA.
⁷ Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA wnix@cdc.gov.

Abstract

The genomic sequences of three 2016 enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) strains were obtained from respiratory samples of patients from Florida, Texas, and New York. These EV-D68 sequences share highest nucleotide identities with strains that circulated in North America, Europe, and Asia in 2014-2015.