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Adenovirus
Data from J.E. Tate and colleagues advance knowledge in adenovirus
June 17th, 2009
According to a study from the United States, "In 2007, a US Air Force training facility reported a cluster of severe respiratory illnesses associated with a rare human adenovirus (Ad) serotype, Ad14. We investigated this outbreak to better understand its epidemiology, clinical spectrum, and associated risk factors." "Data were collected from ongoing febrile respiratory illness (FRI) surveillance and from a retrospective cohort investigation. Because an Ad7 vaccine is in development, Ad7 antibody titers in pretraining serum samples from trainees with mild and those with severe Ad14 illness were compared. During 2007, an estimated 551 (48%) of 1147 trainees with FRI were...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-06-17)
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