title: Acute lower respiratory tract infections in soldiers, South Korea, April 2011-March 2012.
abstract: During April 2011-March 2012, we retrospectively reviewed medical records for South Korea soldiers to assess the etiology and epidemiology of acute viral lower respiratory tract infections. Adenovirus was the most commonly identified virus (63.2%) and the most common cause of pneumonia (79.3%) and hospitalization (76.6%); 3 soldiers died of adenovirus-related illness.
authors.forename: Jung Yeon
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Heo
authors.forename: Ji Eun
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hye Kang
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kang-Won
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Choe
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000266:history; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012621:Seasons; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: LRTI; Republic of Korea; South Korea; acute respiratory tract infections; adenovirus; adenovirus infections; bronchiolitis; epidemiology; etiology; humans; lower respiratory tract infections; military; military personnel; pneumonia; soldiers; tracheobronchitis; viral respiratory disease; viruses
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