An outbreak of acute respiratory disease caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae and adenovirus at a federal service training academy: New implications from an old scenario

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1545-1550

  Feikin, Daniel R ^a,b   Moroney, John F ^a,b   Talkington, Deborah F ^a   Thacker, W Lanier ^a   Code, James E ^c,f   Schwartz, Lori A ^d   Erdman, Dean D ^a   Butler, Jay C ^a,e   Cetron, Martin S ^a,b,e  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY   (United States)

^d Northshore University Hospital   (United States)

^e NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY PHENOMENA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; THROAT CULTURE; TRAINING; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADENOVIRIDAE; ADENOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0033401329     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/313500     Document Type: Article

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