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

Venue: Eurosurveillance

Type: Publication

Abstract: Acute flaccid myelitis; Enterovirus D68; Surveillance Mielitis flàcida aguda; Enterovirus D68; Vigilància Mielitis flácida aguda; Enterovirus D68; Vigilancia 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. Re... (read more)

DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2021.26.45.2100998