| outbreak of enterovirus d68 of the new b3 lineage in stockholm, sweden, august to september 2016. | we report an enterovirus d68 (ev-d68) outbreak in stockholm sweden in 2016. between 22 august and 25 september ev-d68 was detected in 74/495 respiratory samples analysed at the karolinska university hospital. during the peak week, 30/91 (33%) samples were ev-d68 positive. viral protein (vp)p4/vp2 sequencing revealed that cases were caused by b3 lineage strains. forty-four (59%) ev-d68-positive patients were children aged ≤ 5 years. ten patients had severe respiratory or neurological symptoms and ... | 2016 | 27918255 |