The article Publish Date was the 11th of October 2013. They did identify EV-D 68 and warned of the emerging threat. Our government knew this prior to scattering the aliens throughout the country.
It identified “low numbers” of EV-D 68. The focus of the article was enterovirus es (and rhinoviruses) generally. And, frankly, it is not at all surprising that some percentage of people presenting with flu-like symptoms actually had some strain of enterovirus. They are very common, pretty much everywhere.