A Report of Adult Human Adenovirus Infections in a Tertiary Hospital

We describe a review of human adenovirus (HAdV) infections occurring among adults in a tertiary hospital in Singapore from February to May 2013. A similar increase in cases was observed among children and military personnel during the same time period. The majority of isolates were identified as HAd...

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Autores principales: Kalimuddin, Shirin, Chan, Yvonne F. Z., Wu, Ian Q., Tan, Qiao Li, Murthee, Kavitha G., Tan, Ban Hock, Oon, Lynette L. E., Yang, Yong, Lin, Raymond T. P., Joseph, Udayan, Sessions, October M., Smith, Gavin J. D., Ooi, Eng Eong, Low, Jenny G. H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
Materias:
Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5419200/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28491891
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx053
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Sumario:We describe a review of human adenovirus (HAdV) infections occurring among adults in a tertiary hospital in Singapore from February to May 2013. A similar increase in cases was observed among children and military personnel during the same time period. The majority of isolates were identified as HAdV-7, likely an emerging pathogen in Asia.

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