Continued biennial circulation of enterovirus D68 in Colorado

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 113, Issue , 2019, Pages 24-26

  Messacar, Kevin ^a,b   Pretty, Kristin ^a   Reno, Samantha ^a   Dominguez, Samuel R ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute flaccid myelitis; Enterovirus; Enterovirus D68; Respiratory disease; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

COLORADO; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE BURDEN; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENTEROVIRUS D68; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROVIRUS D; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HOSPITAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEASON; VIROLOGY;

CHILD; COLORADO; ENTEROVIRUS D, HUMAN; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASONS;

EID: 85061674409     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2019.01.008     Document Type: Letter

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