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.