The emergence of enterovirus D68 in a Dutch University Medical Center and the necessity for routinely screening for respiratory viruses

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 62, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-5

  Poelman, Randy ^a   Schölvinck, Elisabeth H ^b   Borger, Renze ^a   Niesters, Hubert G M ^a   Van Leer Buter, Coretta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Enterovirus D68; Respiratory infections; Routinely screening; VP1 sequencing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS D68; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; RESUSCITATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; ENTEROVIRUS D; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MASS SCREENING; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASON; VIROLOGY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; ENTEROVIRUS D, HUMAN; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYLOGENY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920371359     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2014.11.011     Document Type: Article

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