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We report an enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) outbreak in Stockholm Sweden in 2016. Between 22 August and 25 September EV-D68 was detected in 74/495 respiratory samples analysed at the Karolinska University Hospital. During the peak week, 30/91 (33%) samples were EV-D68 positive. Viral protein (VP)P4/VP2 sequencing revealed that cases were caused by B3 lineage strains. Forty-four (59%) EV-D68-positive patients were children aged ≤ 5 years. Ten patients had severe respiratory or neurological symptoms and one died.

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Outbreak of enterovirus D68 of the new B3 lineage in Stockholm, Sweden, August to September 2016
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Robert+Dyrdak&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Dyrdak Robert</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Malin+Grabbe&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Grabbe Malin</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Berit+Hammas&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Hammas Berit</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Jonas+Ekwall&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Ekwall Jonas</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Karin+E+Hansson&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Hansson Karin E</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Joachim+Luthander&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Luthander Joachim</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Pontus+Naucler&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Naucler Pontus</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Henrik+Reinius&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Reinius Henrik</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Maria+Rotz%C3%A9n-%C3%96stlund&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Rotzén-Östlund Maria</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Jan+Albert&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Albert Jan</a></span>. Outbreak of enterovirus D68 of the new B3 lineage in Stockholm, Sweden, August to September 2016. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2016;21(46):pii=30403. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.46.30403" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.46.30403</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 02 Nov 2016;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 17 Nov 2016 </span> </p>
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