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Volume 29, Number 6—June 2023
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Enterovirus D68 Outbreak in Children, Finland, August–September 2022
Ville Peltola , Riikka Österback, Matti Waris, Lauri Ivaska, Paula A. Tähtinen, Miia Laine, and Tytti Vuorinen
Author affiliation: Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Abstract
We observed an intense enterovirus D68 outbreak in children in southwest Finland in August–September 2022. We confirmed enterovirus D68 infection in 56 children hospitalized for respiratory illnesses and in 1 child with encephalitis but were not able to test all suspected patients. Continuing surveillance for enterovirus D68 is needed...
Volume 29, Number 6—June 2023
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Enterovirus D68 Outbreak in Children, Finland, August–September 2022
Ville Peltola , Riikka Österback, Matti Waris, Lauri Ivaska, Paula A. Tähtinen, Miia Laine, and Tytti Vuorinen
Author affiliation: Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Abstract
We observed an intense enterovirus D68 outbreak in children in southwest Finland in August–September 2022. We confirmed enterovirus D68 infection in 56 children hospitalized for respiratory illnesses and in 1 child with encephalitis but were not able to test all suspected patients. Continuing surveillance for enterovirus D68 is needed...