Emergence of enterovirus D68 in Denmark, June 2014 to February 2015

From June 2014 through February 2015, respiratory samples from 130 Danish patients were screened for enterovirus D68 (EV-D68). Fourteen EV-D68 cases were detected, of which 12 presented with respiratory symptoms, and eight had known underlying disease. The median age of EV-D68 cases was three years (interquartile range: 0-30 years). Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) was not detected although Danish EV-D68 strains showed >98% nt identity with EV-D68-strains from AFP cases from the United States and France.