A national outbreak of EV-D68 occurred in the United States in 2014, leading to expanded monitoring of the virus.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by CDC MMWR reports, a Lancet Respiratory Medicine peer-reviewed study, and CDC surveillance history documents, all consistent and independent. [tier=gold indep_score=1.0 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable | kind=empirical eligibility=high]
Sources
- Virus Linked With Rare Polio-Like Condition in Children on the Rise, CDC Warns (seed:anatomy_and_medical_oddities)
- https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7047a1.htm (corroboration)
- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5693332/ (corroboration)
- https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(15)00335-5/fulltext (corroboration)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5944979/ (corroboration)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4239358/ (corroboration)