TY - JOUR AU - Peltola, Ville AU - Österback, Riikka AU - Waris, Matti AU - Ivaska, Lauri AU - Tähtinen, Paula AU - Laine, Miia AU - Vuorinen, Tytti T1 - Enterovirus D68 Outbreak in Children, Finland, August–September 2022 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2023 VL - 29 IS - 6 SP - 1258 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We observed an intense enterovirus D68 outbreak in children in southwest Finland in August–September 2022. We confirmed enterovirus D68 infection in 56 children hospitalized for respiratory illnesses and in 1 child with encephalitis but were not able to test all suspected patients. Continuing surveillance for enterovirus D68 is needed. KW - Enterovirus KW - EV-D68 KW - children KW - pneumonia KW - respiratory tract infection KW - wheezing KW - respiratory infections KW - viruses KW - Finland DO - 10.3201/eid2906.221795 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/6/22-1795_article ER - End of Reference