Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Soldiers, South Korea, April 2011–March 2012

Abstract

During April 2011–March 2012, we retrospectively reviewed medical records for South Korea soldiers to assess the etiology and epidemiology of acute viral lower respiratory tract infections. Adenovirus was the most commonly identified virus (63.2%) and the most common cause of pneumonia (79.3%) and hospitalization (76.6%); 3 soldiers died of adenovirus-related illness.

Keywords

• adenovirus
• adenovirus infections
• humans
• military personnel
• soldiers
• military