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Volume 28, Number 3—March 2022
CME ACTIVITY - Research

Neutralizing Enterovirus D68 Antibodies in Children after 2014 Outbreak, Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Robyn A. Livingston1, Christopher J. Harrison1Comments to Author , and Rangaraj Selvarangan1
Author affiliation: Children’s Mercy Hospital Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, USA; University of Missouri, Kansas City

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Table 1

Serum neutralizing antibody positivity and titers for enterovirus D68 clades B1, B2, and D, by patient age group, Kansas City, Missouri, USA, 2017

Age group No. patients % Neutralizing antibody positive, median (range) neutralizing antibody titer*
B1 clade virus B2 clade virus D clade virus
6–35 mo 76 100, 7.83 (5.50–10.5) 76.9, 3.17 (2.5–10.5) 98.1, 5.5 (2.5–9.83)
36–71 mo 51 100, 9.17 (6.17–10.5) 89.8, 6.00 (2.5–10.5) 100, 6.5 (3.5–10.5)
72 mo−10 y 70 100, 9.50 (6.50–10.5) 96.7, 8.83 (2.5–10.5) 99.5, 8.17 (2.83–10.5)
11–15 y 69 100, 10.17 (6.5–10.5) 99.3, 10.17 (2.5–10.5) 100, 10.17 (3.83–10.5)
>15 y 34 100, 10.5 (5.83–10.5) 100, 10.50 (5.5–10.5) 100, 10.5 (4.5–10.5)
Total 300 100, 9.17 (5.5–10.5) 84.6, 7.83 (2.5–10.5) 99.6, 7.50 (2.5–10.5)

*Antibody titers were measured by using the cell viability kit ATPlite (Perkin Elmer, http://www.perkinelmer.com); the titers shown are the log2 inverse dilution of the lowest antibody concentration with luminescent activity. Seronegative patients are included.

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1All authors contributed equally to this article.

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