Human Adenovirus Type 7 Outbreak in Police Training Center, Malaysia, 2011

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Yusof, Mohd Apandi ; Rashid, Tengku Rogayah Tengku Abdul ; Thayan, Ravindran ; Othman, Khairul Azuan ; Abu Hasan, Norhasnida ; Adnan, Norfaezah ; Saat, Zainah
• Description:
  In March 2011, an outbreak of acute respiratory disease was reported at the Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) Police Training Centre. Approximately 100 trainees were hospitalized and 5 were admitted to the intensive care unit. Three of these 5 trainees died. Human adenovirus type 7 was identified as the etiologic agent.
• Subjects:
  Acute Respiratory Disease Adenovirus Adenoviruses, Human Adenovirus Infections, Human Capsid Proteins Disease Outbreaks Dispatch HAdV-7 Hexon Gene Human Adenovirus B Human Adenovirus C Human Adenovirus Type 7 Humans Malaysia Military Facilities Occupational Diseases Phylogeny Police Polymerase Chain Reaction Sequence Analysis, DNA Sequencing Viruses

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 18(5):852-854.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  18
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:f3578b31619637caa80536b5c313e13a870706127c11ed2f4012eb598832e6be
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/23898/cdc_23898_DS1.pdf
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