We report 59 cases of severe paediatric conditions linked with enterovirus (EV)-A71 and EV-D68 in France between May and October 2016. Fifty-two children had severe neurological symptoms. EV sequence-based typing for 42 cases revealed EV-A71 in 21 (18 subgenotype C1, detected for the first time in France) and EV-D68 in eight. Clinicians should be encouraged to obtain stool and respiratory specimens from patients presenting with severe neurological disorders for EV detection and characterisation.
Auteur : Antona D, Kossorotoff M, Schuffenecker I, Mirand A, Leruez Ville M, Bassi C, Aubart M, Moulin F, Levy Bruhl D, Henquell C, Lina B, Desguerre I
Eurosurveillance, 2016, vol. 21, n°. 46, p. pii: 30402
