[PA Engineer]

Your link doesn’t even mention EV D-68, much less say it is endemic to Central America.

Results
Our subjects had a median age of 3 years and a 1.2:1.0 male:female ratio. HRV was identified in 16% and HEV was identified in 3%. HRVs accounted for a higher frequency of isolates in those of younger age, in particular children < 1 years old. HRV-C accounted for 38% of all HRVs detected. Phylogenetic analysis revealed a high proportion of recombinant strains between HRV-A/HRV-C and between HEV-A/HEV-B. In addition, both EV-D68 and EV-A71 were identified.

Conclusions
In Latin America as in other regions, HRVs and HEVs account for a substantial proportion of respiratory viruses identified in young people with ILI, a finding that provides additional support for the development of pharmaceuticals and vaccines targeting these pathogens.

There are many ways people lie. Yours is just another variety.

[Sherman Logan]

I searched the link and somehow missed the D-68 references. My apologies.

However, on looking at it again, I found the following, one of only three references to D-68 in the document, indicating that this specific pathogen was not exactly a major focus of the study.

We also identified low numbers of EV-D68, which has been associated with respiratory disease by others [10], although never in the countries of our study.

IOW, just what I said, that Central America is NOT a focus of this virus, with outbreaks limited to the countries I mentioned. In any case, the original comment that I responded to was that this virus has always previously been limited to Central America. This is flatly untrue.

Numerous studies refer to it as ubiquitous throughout the world, though generally rather rare in all areas.

BTW, if somebody misses something, it doesn't necessarily mean they're lying. Sometimes they just missed something.