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

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.

Keywords

• acute respiratory disease
• household transmission
• fatality
• human adenovirus type 55
• viruses
• adenoviruses