Adenovirus-Associated Influenza-Like Illness among College Students, Pennsylvania, USA

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Biggs, Holly M. ; Lu, Xiaoyan ; Dettinger, Lisa ; Sakthivel, Senthilkumar ; Watson, John T. ; Boktor, Sameh W.
• Description:
  Among students with influenza-like illness at a Pennsylvania college student health center during 2016-2017, 44 (15%) of 288 with respiratory specimens tested positive for human adenovirus (HAdV). HAdV-3, -7, and -4 predominated, and types clustered temporally. HAdV infection should be considered among college students with acute respiratory illness.
• Subjects:
  Adenoviruses, Human Adenovirus Infections, Human Adolescent Adult Disease Outbreaks Epidemiological Monitoring Female Humans Influenza, Human Intensive Care Units Male Public Health Students Young Adult

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 24(11):2117-2119
• Pubmed ID:
  30334721
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6199975
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U50 CK000375/CK/NCEZID CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  11
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:f0f3f76434fd041a59a6070506b1a9270e21617113fd29f2593549b75da55526
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/60366/cdc_60366_DS1.pdf
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