A national outbreak of EV-D68 occurred in the United States in 2014, leading to expanded monitoring of the virus.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by CDC MMWR reports, a Lancet Respiratory Medicine peer-reviewed study, and CDC surveillance history documents, all consistent and independent.
Sources
- Virus Linked With Rare Polio-Like Condition in Children on the Rise, CDC Warns (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7047a1.htm (cdc.gov)
- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5693332/ (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
- https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(15)00335-5/fulltext (thelancet.com)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5944979/ (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4239358/ (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)