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Volume 21, Number 5—May 2015
Dispatch

Low-level Circulation of Enterovirus D68–Associated Acute Respiratory Infections, Germany, 2014

Janine Reiche, Sindy Böttcher, Sabine Diedrich, Udo Buchholz, Silke Buda, Walter Haas, Brunhilde Schweiger, and Thorsten WolffComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

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Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of 25 patients infected with enterovirus D68, Germany, weeks 32–44, 2014*

Patient Week† Age, y/sex Federal state Sudden onset of disease Fever/shivers Cough Sore throat Clinical follow-up Admission to hospital Underlying condition
1 36 6/F Thuringia + + + + ILI No None
2 36 42/M North Rhine-Westphalia + + + + ILI No Respiratory system
3 37 61/M North Rhine-Westphalia + + + + ILI No Cardiac system
4 37 42/F North Rhine-Westphalia – + + + ARI No Respiratory system
5 38 11/M Thuringia + + + + ILI No None
6 40 35/F Lower Saxony + + + – ILI No Respiratory system, diabetes
7 40 53/M North Rhine-Westphalia + + + + ILI No Cardiac system
8 41 2/M Thuringia + + + – ILI No None
9 41 62/M Hesse + – + + ARI No None
10 41 7/M Rheinland-Palatinate + + + + Pneumonia No Respiratory system
11 42 8/F Bavaria NA NA + + ARI No None
12 42 25/M Hesse + – + – ARI No None
13 42 22/M Lower Saxony + + + + ILI No None
14 42 14/F Baden-Württemberg – – + + ARI No None
15 42 43/M Bavaria + – + + ARI No None
16 42 10/F Berlin – + + + Broncheal pneumonia No Respiratory system
17 43 3/F North Rhine-Westphalia + + + – ILI No None
18 43 12/F Bavaria + – + + ARI No None
19 43 52/M Lower Saxony + + + + ILI No Diabetes
20 43 26/M North Rhine-Westphalia + + + – ILI No None
21 43 44/M North Rhine-Westphalia + – + + ARI No Cardiac system
22 43 2/F Hesse + + + – Obstructive bronchitis Yes None
23 43 41/M Saarland + + + + ILI No None
24 44 2/F Schleswig-Holstein + – + – ARI No None
25 44 73/F North Rhine-Westphalia – – + + ARI No Neurologic disorder

*+, positive; ILI, influenza-like illness; –, negative; ARI, acute respiratory infection; NA, not available.
†Data are listed by week of symptom onset.

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