High isolation rate of adenovirus serotype 7 from South Korean military recruits with mild acute respiratory disease.
Adenovirus is a major cause of acute respiratory disease (ARD) in military recruits. When South Korean military recruits with ARD were surveyed, adenovirus was identified in 122 (61.0%) of the 200 recruits studied. Moreover, all cases of ARD involving adenovirus were caused by serotype 7.
Jeon
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Armed Forces Medical Command, San 13-4, Yul-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, 463-040, Republic of Korea.
Kang
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CI
Yoon
C-H
CH
Lee
D-J
DJ
Kim
C-H
CH
Chung
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YS
Kang
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Choi
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CM
D000258:Adenovirus Infections, Human / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000821:virology; D000260:Adenoviruses, Human / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D008889:Military Personnel; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000821:virology; D012703:Serotyping; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000276:immunology / Q000627:therapeutic use
D014765:Viral Vaccines