Duration of Enterovirus D68 RNA Shedding in the Upper Respiratory Tract and Transmission among Household Contacts, Colorado, USA

Duration of Enterovirus D68 RNA Shedding in the Upper Respiratory Tract and Transmission among Household Contacts, Colorado, USA

Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) causes cyclical outbreaks of respiratory disease and acute flaccid myelitis. EV-D68 is primarily transmitted through the respiratory route, but the duration of shedding in the respiratory tract is unknown. We prospectively enrolled 9 hospitalized children with EV-D68 respir...

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Main Authors: Hai Nguyen-Tran, Careese Thompson, Molly Butler, Kristen R. Miller, Laura Pyle, Sarah Jung, Shannon Rogers, Terry Fei Fan Ng, Janell Routh, Samuel R. Dominguez, Kevin Messacar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023-11-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Enterovirus D68
EV-D68
acute flaccid myelitis
viruses
respiratory infections
virus shedding
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/11/23-0947_article

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