These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed


  • Title: Seroepidemiology of enterovirus D68 infection in China.
    Author: Xiang Z, Li L, Ren L, Guo L, Xie Z, Liu C, Li T, Luo M, Paranhos-Baccalà G, Xu W, Wang J.
    Journal: Emerg Microbes Infect; 2017 May 10; 6(5):e32. PubMed ID: 28487560.
    Abstract:
    Human enterovirus 68 (EV-D68) is a rarely reported virus that has been linked to respiratory disease. In recent years, reports about EV-D68 infection have markedly increased worldwide. However, the epidemiological features of this emerging infection are not well understood. To evaluate the emerging EV-D68 epidemic, we isolated the circulating viral strain and investigated the seroprevalence of neutralizing antibodies (NAbs) in Beijing between 2004 and 2011. We found that the titers of EV-D68 NAbs were generally low in all age groups in sampled populations in 2004 but significantly higher in 2009. From 2007 to 2011, the NAbs against EV-D68 significantly increased over time. These findings indicate that EV-D68 has spread widely in the Chinese population in recent years, although only a limited number of cases were reported.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]