Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dec 1999)

Large, Persistent Epidemic of Adenovirus Type 4-Associated Acute Respiratory Disease in U.S. Army Trainees

  • K. Mills McNeill,
  • Rose M. Hendrix,
  • Jane L. Lindner,
  • F. Ridgely Benton,
  • Susan C. Monteith,
  • Margaret A. Tuchscherer,
  • Gregory C. Gray,
  • Joel C. Gaydos

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0506.990609
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 6
pp. 798 – 801

Abstract

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In May 1997, a large, persistent epidemic of adenovirus type 4-associated acute respiratory disease began at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, the largest army basic training center. The epidemic lasted until December and declined when vaccine administration resumed. More than 1,000 male and female trainees were hospitalized; 66.1% of those hospitalized had an adenovirus type 4 isolate.

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