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. 2018 Nov;24(11):2117-2119.
doi: 10.3201/eid2411.180488.

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

Holly M Biggs, Xiaoyan Lu, Lisa Dettinger, Senthilkumar Sakthivel, John T Watson, Sameh W Boktor

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

Holly M Biggs et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Nov.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Pennsylvania; United States; adenovirus vaccines; epidemiology; human adenovirus infections; human adenoviruses; influenza-like illness; public health surveillance; respiratory infections; student health services; students; viruses.

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Adenovirus-associated ILI among students at a state college, Pennsylvania, USA, August 28, 2016–August 26, 2017. A) ILI cases from the student health center (SHC) and weekly number of human adenovirus (HAdV)–positive, –negative, and not tested cases. B) HAdV types identified from the SHC. HAdV detections were aggregated by epidemiologic week based on specimen collection date. Fall semester 2016 began August 22, 2016; spring semester 2017 ended May 5, 2017; fall semester 2017 began August 21, 2017. ILI, influenza-like illness.
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