October 9, 2014
Mary Anne Jackson, MD, of Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics in Kansas City, Mo., reviews five lessons clinicians have learned about enterovirus D68. These include the scope of the current outbreak; the burden of disease; the establishment of a case definition of the infection; the co-occurrence of additional respiratory infections; and the association between D68 and acute limb weakness.
Disclosure: Jackson reports no relevant financial disclosures.