Key result
Three 2016 enterovirus D68 strains isolated from US patients shared highest nucleotide identities with strains that circulated in North America, Europe, and Asia in 2014-2015.
Genomic sequencing of 2016 EV-D68 strains in the US showed high similarity to strains circulating globally in 2014-2015.
Supports expanded EV-D68 genomic surveillance; extends prior phylogenetic data while leaving clinical translation open.
The genomic sequences of three 2016 enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) strains were obtained from respiratory samples of patients from Florida, Texas, and New York. These EV-D68 sequences share highest nucleotide identities with strains that circulated in North America, Europe, and Asia in 2014-2015.
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Ng et al. (2016) studied this question. Three 2016 enterovirus D68 strains isolated from US patients shared highest nucleotide identities with strains that circulated in North America, Europe, and Asia in 2014-2015.
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