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Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Intestinal intussusception associated with adenovirus in Mexican children
January 14th, 2004
Intestinal intussusception is associated with adenovirus infection in Mexican children. "Formalin-fixed intestinal tissue specimens from 12 Mexican pediatric patients with intussusception were examined for the presence of adenovirus. Four patients (33%) had detectable adenovirus antigen in epithelial cells as determined by using immunohistochemical analysis. Two of the patients with positive immunohistochemical results had antigens in dendritic and mononuclear inflammatory cells, and three patients had positive results for species C adenovirus by in situ hybridization using adenovirus species-specific probes (A-F)," scientists in the United States report. ...
Source: Biotech Week (2004-01-14)
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