Household Transmission of Human Adenovirus Type 55 in Case of Fatal Acute Respiratory Disease

Authors :: Qiwei Zhang
Shuping Jing
Kui Ma
Jianguo Wu
Yuqian Yan
Shan Zhao
Junxian Ou
Minhong Liu
Mengchan Cao
Ya-Fang Mei
Jing Zhang
Xiangran Cai
Na Cao
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 25, Iss 9, Pp 1756-1758 (2019)
Publication Year :: 2019
Publisher :: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2019.
Abstract: We identified a case of fatal acute respiratory disease from household transmission of human adenovirus type 55 (HAdV-55) in Anhui Province, China. Computed tomography showed severe pneumonia. Comparative genomic analysis of HAdV-55 indicated the virus possibly originated in Shanxi Province, China. More attention should be paid to highly contagious HAdV-55.

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