Clinical and Genomic Epidemiology of Coxsackievirus A21 and Enterovirus D68 in Homeless Shelters, King County, Washington, USA, 2019–2021
Sarah N. Cox
, Amanda M. Casto, Nicholas M. Franko, Eric J. Chow, Peter D. Han, Luis Gamboa, Brian Pfau, Hong Xie, Kevin Kong, Jaydee Sereewit, Melissa A. Rolfes, Emily Mosites, Timothy M. Uyeki, Alexander L. Greninger, Marco Carone, M. Mia Shim, Trevor Bedford, Jay Shendure, Michael Boeckh, Janet A. Englund, Lea M. Starita, Pavitra Roychoudhury, and Helen Y. Chu
Author affiliation: University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA (S.N. Cox, A.M. Casto, N.M. Franko, E.J. Chow, H. Xie, K. Kong, J. Sereewit, A.L. Greninger, M.M. Shim, T. Bedford, J. Shendure, M. Boeckh, J.A. Englund, L.M. Starita, P. Roychoudhury, H.Y. Chu); Public Health Seattle and King County, Seattle (E.J. Chow, M.M. Shim); Brotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine, Seattle (P.D. Han, L. Gamboa, B. Pfau, T. Bedford, J. Shendure, L.M. Starita); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (M.A. Rolfes, E. Mosites, T.M. Uyeki); Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle (A.L. Greninger, M. Carone, T. Bedford, M. Boeckh, P. Roychoudhury); Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Seattle (T. Bedford, J. Shendure); Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Seattle (J.A. Englund)
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Figure 1. Nasal swab specimens (A) and enterovirus detection (B) in homeless shelters, King County, Washington, USA, October 2019–February 2020. Detection frequency represents a 7-day rolling average. No coxsackievirus A21-positive or enterovirus D68-positive specimens were detected during March 2020–May 2021.
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