Large, persistent epidemic of adenovirus type 4-associated acute respiratory disease in U.S. Army trainees

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 798-801

  McNeill, K Mills ^a,f   Hendrix, Rose M ^b   Lindner, Jane L ^c   Benton, F Ridgely ^a   Monteith, Susan C ^a   Tuchscherer, Margaret A ^a   Gray, Gregory C ^d   Gaydos, Joel C ^e  

^a Dwight David Eisenhower Army Med C   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Moncrief Army Community Hospital   (United States)

^d NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^e ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^f Catawba Health District   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VACCINE;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADENOVIRUS; ADENOVIRUS 4; ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 0033396657     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0506.990609     Document Type: Article

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