Emergent strain of human adenovirus endemic in Iowa.
We evaluated 76 adenovirus type 7 (Ad7) isolates collected in Iowa from 1992 to 2002 and found that genome type Ad7d2 became increasingly prevalent. By 2002, it had supplanted all other Ad7 genome types. The association of Ad7d2 with severe illness and death calls for heightened public health concern.
Gray
Gregory C
GC
University of Iowa College of Public Health, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. gregory-gray@uiowa.edu
Setterquist
Sharon F
SF
Jirsa
Sandra J
SJ
DesJardin
Lucy E
LE
Erdman
Dean D
DD
D000258:Adenovirus Infections, Human / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D000260:Adenoviruses, Human / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007484:Iowa / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies