Authors: Inês Costa; Erwin Duizer; Thea Kølsen Fischer; Nuria Rabella; Sabine Diedrich; Petra Rainetova; Heli Harvala; Laura Pellegrinelli; Massimo Oggioni; Margarita Del Cuerpo; Marijke Reynders; Irina Georgieva; Stuart Beard; Andrés Antón; Jennifer L. Dembinski; Mario Hönemann; Catherine Moore; Cristina Galli; Soile Blomqvist; Simon Cottrell; Fausto Baldanti; Laura Gifford; L. Bubba; Javier Díez-Domingo; Melanie Maier; Lubomira Nikolaeva-Glomb; Marion Jeannoel; Guðrún Erna Baldvinsdóttir; Beatriz Mengual-Chuliá; Tina Uršič; Carita Savolainen-Kopra; Ursula Morley; Annalisa Cavallero; Sindy Böttcher; Antonio Piralla; Ferruccio Ceriotti; Lieuwe Roorda; Kimberley S. M. Benschop; Sanela Numanovic; María Pilar Romero; James McKenna; Susan Feeney; Paula Palminha; Jaco J. Verweij; Brynja Armannsdottir; F. Xavier López-Labrador; Sofie Midgley; Aysa Soynova; Raquel Guiomar; Corinna Pietsch; Maitane Aranzamendi; Robert Dyrdak; Cristina Celma; Milagrosa Montes; Cillian De Gascun; Adam Meijer; Natasa Berginc; Niina Ikonen; Jean-Luc Bailly; Peter Simmonds; Agnes Farkas; Jan Albert; Audrey Mirand; Kathrin Keeren; Diana Fanti; Laurence Josset; Luis Pineiro; Isabelle Schuffenecker; Jean-Luc Murk; Tytti Vuorinen; Jacky Flipse; Sara Colonia Uceda Renteria; Caroline Ma Swanink; Jonathan Dean; Cristina Calvo; Jorgina Vila; DagnyHaug Dorenberg; María Cabrerizo; Elena Pariani; Cristina Andres

Venue: Eurosurveillance

Type: Publication

Abstract: We report a rapid increase in enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) infections, with 139 cases reported from eight European countries between 31 July and 14 October 2021. This upsurge is in line with the seasonality of EV-D68 and was presumably stimulated by the widespread reopening after COVID-19 lockdown. Most cases were identified in September, but more are to be expected in the coming months. Reinforcement of clinical awareness, diagnostic capacities and surveillance of EV-D68 is urgently needed in Europe.

DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2021.26.45.2100998