Researchers at National Taiwan University target adenovirus

New investigation results, 'A community-derived outbreak of adenovirus type 3 in children in Taiwan between 2004 and 2005,' are detailed in a study published in Journal of Medical Virology. According to recent research from Taipei, Taiwan, "An outbreak of respiratory adenovirus infection in children was observed in northern Taiwan between November 2004 and February 2005. Using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) to determine the serotype(s) of 172 adenovirus isolates in the outbreak period, we found that adenovirus type 3 (Ad3) was the predominant type (87.2%), followed by Ad2 (6.4%), Ad1 (4.1%), Ad7 (1.2%), Ad4 (0.6%), and Ad5...

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