Increase in ECHOvirus 6 infections associated with neurological symptoms in the Netherlands, June to August 2016

Author:

Benschop Kimberley SM1,Geeraedts Felix2,Beuvink Barbara3,Spit Silke A3,Fanoy Ewout B41,Claas Eric CJ5,Pas Suzan D6,Schuurman Rob7,Verweij Jaco J8,Bruisten Sylvia M9,Wolthers Katja C10,Niesters Hubert GM11,Koopmans Marion61,Duizer Erwin1,

Affiliation:

1. Center for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands

2. Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Public Health, Hengelo, the Netherlands

3. Public Health Service, Twente, the Netherlands

4. Public Health Service region Utrecht, Zeist, the Netherlands

5. Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

6. Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

7. Department of Virology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands

8. Laboratory of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, St Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, the Netherlands

9. Public Health Service, Department of Infectious Diseases, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

10. Department of Medical Microbiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

11. Department of Medical Microbiology, Division of Clinical Virology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands

Abstract

The Dutch virus-typing network VIRO-TypeNed reported an increase in ECHOvirus 6 (E-6) infections with neurological symptoms in the Netherlands between June and August 2016. Of the 31 cases detected from January through August 2016, 15 presented with neurological symptoms. Ten of 15 neurological cases were detected in the same province and the identified viruses were genetically related. This report is to alert medical and public health professionals of the circulation of E-6 associated with neurological symptoms.

Publisher

European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)

Subject

Virology,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Epidemiology

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