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. 2017 Mar 25;4(2):ofx053.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofx053. eCollection 2017 Spring.

A Report of Adult Human Adenovirus Infections in a Tertiary Hospital

Shirin Kalimuddin  1 , Yvonne F Z Chan  1 , Ian Q Wu  2 , Qiao Li Tan  3 , Kavitha G Murthee  2 , Ban Hock Tan  1 , Lynette L E Oon  4 , Yong Yang  5 , Raymond T P Lin  6 , Udayan Joseph  7 , October M Sessions  7 , Gavin J D Smith  7 , Eng Eong Ooi  7 , Jenny G H Low  1
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A Report of Adult Human Adenovirus Infections in a Tertiary Hospital

Shirin Kalimuddin et al. Open Forum Infect Dis. .

Abstract

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.

Keywords: adenovirus; outbreak; severe infection; surveillance..

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Figure 1.
(A) Total monthly number of patients seeking treatment at primary care clinics for acute respiratory infections (ARIs) and adenovirus polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-positive cases in our center from September 2012 to June 2013. (B) Hexon gene sequences of the adenovirus type 7 viruses from this study in relation to representative sequences from around the world. Branch lengths are indicative of the number of substitutions per site. Sequences from the current study are depicted in bold.
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