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Insights into the molecular evolution of enterovirus D68

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Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) is a respiratory virus that primarily affects children and has been associated with sporadic outbreaks of respiratory illness worldwide. In the present study, temporal spreading and molecular evolution of EV-D68 clades (A1, A2, B, B1, B2, B3, and C) were evaluated. Bayesian coalescent analysis was performed to study viral evolution. Data from 976 whole-genome sequences (WGSs) collected between 1977 and 2022 were evaluated. For A1, the most recent common ancestor was dated to 2005-04-17 in the USA; for A2 it was 2003-12-23 in China; for B, it was 2003-07-06 in China; for B1, it was 2010-03-21 in Vietnam; for B2, it was 2006-11-25 in Vietnam; for B3, it was 2011-01-15 in China; and for C, it was 2000-06-27 in the USA. The molecular origin of EV-D68 was in Canada in 1995, and later it was disseminated in France in 1997, the USA in 1999, Asia in 2008, the Netherlands in 2009, New Zealand in 2010, Mexico in 2014, Kenya in 2015, Sweden in 2016, Switzerland in 2018, Spain in 2018, Belgium in 2018, Australia in 2018, and Denmark in 2019. In 2022, this virus circulated in the USA. In conclusion, EV-D68 originated in Canada in the 1990s and spread to Europe, Asia, Oceania, Latin America, and Africa.

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Wolf, J. Insights into the molecular evolution of enterovirus D68. Arch Virol 168, 268 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-023-05894-4

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