Isolation of an Enterovirus D68 from Blood from a Child with Pneumonia in Rural Haiti: Close Phylogenetic Linkage with New York Strain

Maha ElBadry; John Lednicky; Eleonora Cella; Taina Telisma; Sonese Chavannes; Julia Loeb; Massinno Ciccozzi; Bernard Okech; Valery Madsen Beau De Rochars; Marco Salemi; J Glenn Morris Jr

doi:10.1097/INF.0000000000001283

Isolation of an Enterovirus D68 from Blood from a Child with Pneumonia in Rural Haiti: Close Phylogenetic Linkage with New York Strain

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2016 Sep;35(9):1048-50. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001283.

Authors

Maha ElBadry¹, John Lednicky, Eleonora Cella, Taina Telisma, Sonese Chavannes, Julia Loeb, Massinno Ciccozzi, Bernard Okech, Valery Madsen Beau De Rochars, Marco Salemi, J Glenn Morris Jr

Affiliation

¹ From the *Emerging Pathogens Institute, †Department of Environmental and Global Health, College of Public Health and Health Professions, ‡Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Sciences, College of Medicine, ‖Department of Health Services Research, Management, and Policy, College of Public Health and Health Professions, and **Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; §Department of Infectious Parasitic and Immunomediated Diseases, Reference Centre on Phylogeny, Molecular Epidemiology and Microbial Evolution (FEMEM)/Epidemiology Unit, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy; and ¶Christianville Foundation School Clinic, Gressier, Haiti.

PMID: 27331858
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001283

Abstract

We report the detection and isolation of enterovirus D68 from the blood of a 6-year-old child in rural Haiti, who presented with high fever and clinical signs suggestive of pneumonia. On phylogenetic analysis, this Haitian isolate was virtually identical to an enterovirus D68 strain circulating in New York during the same time period.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Child
Enterovirus D, Human / classification
Enterovirus D, Human / genetics
Enterovirus D, Human / isolation & purification*
Enterovirus Infections / virology*
Haiti
Humans
Phylogeny
Pneumonia / virology*