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Volume 32, Number 4—April 2026

Synopsis

Circulation Patterns, Genetic Diversity, and Public Health Implications of Enterovirus D68, Europe, 2014–2024

Cristina AndrésComments to Author , Ignasi Prats-Méndez, Sofie Midgley, Natasa Berginc, Alejandra González-Sánchez, Caroline Klint Johannesen, Andrés Antón, Patricia Nadal-Barón, Thea K. Fischer, Heli Harvala, and Kimberley S.M. Benschop
Author affiliation: Vall d’Hebron Hospital Universitari, Vall d’Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Vall d’Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain (C. Andrés, I. Prats-Méndez, A. González-Sánchez, A. Antón, P. Nadal-Barón); Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark (S. Midgley); National Laboratory of Health, Environment and Food, Laboratory for Polio, Ljubljana, Slovenia (N. Berginc); Nordsjællands Hospital, Hillerød, Denmark (C.K. Johannesen, T.K. Fischer); Centro de Investigación Biomédica en red de Enfermedades Infecciosas CIBERINFEC, Instituto Carlos III, Madrid, Spain (A. Antón); University of Copenhagen, Denmark (T.K. Fischer); National Health Service Blood and Transplant, London, UK (H. Harvala); University of Oxford, Oxford, UK (H. Harvala); Turku University Central Hospital, Turku, Finland (H. Harvala); University of Turku, Turku (H. Harvala); National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands (K.S.M. Benschop)

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Table 2

Age groups of case-patients available from study of circulation patterns, genetic diversity, and public health implications of enterovirus D68 circulation, Europe, 2014–2024*

Age group, y No. (%)
2014 2015–2017 2018–2023 2024
<1 120 (30.85) 103 (32.29) 259 (21.48) 22 (4.37)
1–5 135 (34.70) 143 (44.83) 569 (47.18) 86 (17.10)
6–15 56 (14.40) 35 (10.97) 154 (12.77) 54 (10.74)
>15 78 (20.05) 38 (11.91) 224 (18.57) 341 (67.79)

*Bold indicates most affected populations.

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