1. Molecular Epidemiology of Human Adenovirus-Associated Febrile Respiratory Illness in Soldiers, South Korea1.
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Jung Yeon Heo, Ji Yun Noh, Hye Won Jeong, Kang-Won Choe, Joon Young Song, Woo Joo Kim, Hee Jin Cheong, Heo, Jung Yeon, Noh, Ji Yun, Jeong, Hye Won, Choe, Kang-Won, Song, Joon Young, Kim, Woo Joo, and Cheong, Hee Jin
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HUMAN adenoviruses , *RESPIRATORY diseases , *NASOPHARYNGITIS , *DIAGNOSTIC specimens , *RESPIRATORY infections , *INFLUENZA diagnosis , *MILITARY hospitals , *EPIDEMIOLOGICAL research , *DIAGNOSIS - Abstract
During January 2013-April 2014, we subjected nasopharyngeal specimens collected from patients with acute febrile respiratory illness in a military hospital to PCR testing to detect 12 respiratory viruses and sequence a partial hexon gene for human adenovirus (HAdV) molecular typing. We analyzed the epidemiologic characteristics of HAdV infections and compared clinical characteristics of HAdV types. Among the 305 patients with acute febrile respiratory illness, we detected respiratory viruses in 139 (45.6%) patients; HAdV was the most prevalent virus (69 cases). Of the 40 adenoviruses identified based on type, HAdV-55 (29 cases) was the most prevalent, followed by HAdV-4 (9 cases). HAdV-55 was common in patients with pneumonia (odds ratio 2.17; 95% CI 0.48-9.86) and hospitalized patients (odds ratio 5.21; 95% CI 1.06-25.50). In soldiers with HAdV infection in Korea, HAdV-55 was the most prevalent type and might be associated with severe clinical outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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