Adenovirus transmission - Worthy of our attention

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 194, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 871-873

  Gray, Gregory C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIVE VACCINE;

ADENOVIRUS; ADENOVIRUS 7; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TITRATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADENOVIRUS INFECTIONS, HUMAN; ADENOVIRUSES, HUMAN; ADULT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 33749039198     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/507435     Document Type: Editorial

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