Human Adenovirus 7d Strains Associated with Influenza-Like Illness, New York, USA, 2017–2019

Abstract

Human adenovirus 7d is a respiratory pathogen capable of causing acute respiratory disease of variable severity. Phylogenetic analysis of whole-genome sequences of 15 strains isolated from cases of influenza-like-illness during 2017–2019 demonstrated the circulation of 2 distinct clades of genomic variant 7d in colleges in New York, USA.

Keywords

• Human adenovirus 7
• influenza-like illness
• viruses
• colleges
• New York
• United States