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

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

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....

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Main Authors: Shuping Jing, Jing Zhang, Mengchan Cao, Minhong Liu, Yuqian Yan, Shan Zhao, Na Cao, Junxian Ou, Kui Ma, Xiangran Cai, Jianguo Wu, Ya-Fang Mei, Qiwei Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
acute respiratory disease
household transmission
fatality
human adenovirus type 55
viruses
adenoviruses
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/9/18-1937_article

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