Enterovirus 68 clade C was identified as a pathogen in pediatric patients hospitalized for acute wheezing or bronchitis in France in 2009.
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May support EV-D68 clade C surveillance in pediatric wheezing; leaves open causality and requires prospective confirmation.
Enterovirus 68 was detected in 10 respiratory specimens from pediatric patients hospitalized for acute wheezing or bronchitis during 2009 in the northeast of France. Viral loads ranged from 2 × 10(5) to 7.2 × 10(7) copies/ml. Alignment of 5' nontranslated regions and phylogenetic analysis of partial VP1 gene sequences show that these viruses clustered and belonged to clade C.
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