Tatsuki Ikuse, Yuta Aizawa, Ryotaro Kachikawa, Kazuhiro Kamata, Hidekazu Osada, Su Mon Kyaw Win, Lasham Di Ja, Nay Chi Win, Khin Nyo Thein, Aye Thida, Aye Tun, Ai Ito, Yadanar Kyaw, Htay Htay Tin, Yugo Shobugawa, Hisami Watanabe, Reiko Saito, Akihiko Saitoh
BACKGROUND: Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) is an important reemerging pathogen that causes severe acute respiratory infection and acute flaccid paralysis, mainly in children. Since 2014, EV-D68 outbreaks have been reported in the United States, Europe, and east Asia; however, no outbreaks have been reported in southeast Asian countries, including Myanmar, during the previous 10 years. METHODS: EV-D68 was detected in nasopharyngeal swabs from children with acute lower respiratory infections in Myanmar...
January 5, 2024: Journal of Microbiology Immunology and Infection