Ursula Morley

TL;DR: It is recommended that respiratory and stool samples in addition to cerebrospinal fluid and blood samples are submitted for EV testing from patients with suspected neurological infections and reverse transcriptase PCR targeting the 5'noncoding regions (5'NCR) should be used for diagnosis of EVs.

TL;DR: This study highlights the wide circulation of non-polio enteroviruses in Europe, mostly affecting young children and leading to neurological symptoms, as well as harmonising case definition for surveillance.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report a rapid increase in EV-D68 infections, with 139 cases reported from eight European countries between 31 July and 14 October 2021, with most cases identified in September, but more are to be expected in the coming months.

TL;DR: In this article , SARS-CoV-2 RNA quantification in wastewater is an important tool for monitoring the prevalence of COVID-19 disease on a community scale which complements case-based surveillance systems.

TL;DR: The EV VP1 genotyping method was more sensitive than neutralising anti‐sera methods by virus culture and importantly demonstrated concordance between EV genotypes in faecal and CSF samples which should facilitate EV screening by less invasive sampling approaches in AM presentations.