Gregory Storch, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis (IMAGE)

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Gregory Storch, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

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Gregory Storch, M.D., of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis led a team that developed a diagnostic test to quickly detect enterovirus D68, a respiratory virus that caused unusually severe illness in children last year. The outbreak caused infections at an unprecedented rate, with over 1,000 confirmed cases and 14 reported deaths nationwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Results published online in The Journal of Clinical Microbiology demonstrate that the test is extremely effective at identifying various strains of EV-D68 and reduces the amount of time needed to detect the virus.

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