Dramatic decline of respiratory illness among us military recruits after the renewed use of adenovirus vaccines

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 962-968

  Radin, Jennifer M ^a,b   Hawksworth, Anthony W ^a   Blair, Patrick J ^a   Faix, Dennis J ^a   Raman, Rema ^c   Russell, Kevin L ^d   Gray, Gregory C ^e,f  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)   (United States)

^e Clinical and Health Psychology   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Febrile respiratory illness; Military; Surveillance; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VACCINE;

ADENOVIRUS INFECTION; ARTICLE; DETERIORATION; DRUG USE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEROTYPE; SOLDIER; THROAT CULTURE; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VACCINE PRODUCTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

ADENOVIRUS VACCINES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929939666     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu507     Document Type: Article

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