Complete Genome Sequences of Nine Enterovirus D68 Strains from Patients of the Lower Hudson Valley, New York, 2016

Weihua Huang; Changhong Yin; Jian Zhuge; Taliya Farooq; Esther C Yoon; Sheila M Nolan; Donald Chen; John T Fallon; Guiqing Wang

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01394-16

Complete Genome Sequences of Nine Enterovirus D68 Strains from Patients of the Lower Hudson Valley, New York, 2016

Genome Announc. 2016 Dec 15;4(6):e01394-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01394-16.

Authors

Weihua Huang¹, Changhong Yin¹, Jian Zhuge², Taliya Farooq^{1

2}, Esther C Yoon^{1

2}, Sheila M Nolan³, Donald Chen⁴, John T Fallon^{1

2

4}, Guiqing Wang^{5

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA.
² Department of Pathology and Clinical Laboratories, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York, USA.
³ Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Department of Pediatrics, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA.
⁵ Department of Pathology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA guiqing_wang@nymc.edu.

Abstract

Complete genome sequences of nine enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) strains from patients in New York were obtained in 2016 by metagenomic next-generation sequencing. Comparative genomic analysis suggests that a new subclade B3, with ~4.5% nucleotide divergence from subclade B1 strains causing the 2014 outbreak, is circulating in the United States in 2016.