Adenovirus-Associated Influenza-Like Illness among College Students, Pennsylvania, USA

Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Nov;24(11):2117-2119. doi: 10.3201/eid2411.180488.

Abstract

Among students with influenza-like illness at a Pennsylvania college student health center during 2016-2017, 44 (15%) of 288 with respiratory specimens tested positive for human adenovirus (HAdV). HAdV-3, -7, and -4 predominated, and types clustered temporally. HAdV infection should be considered among college students with acute respiratory illness.

Keywords: Pennsylvania; United States; adenovirus vaccines; epidemiology; human adenovirus infections; human adenoviruses; influenza-like illness; public health surveillance; respiratory infections; student health services; students; viruses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adenovirus Infections, Human / diagnosis
  • Adenovirus Infections, Human / epidemiology*
  • Adenovirus Infections, Human / virology
  • Adenoviruses, Human / genetics
  • Adenoviruses, Human / isolation & purification*
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Epidemiological Monitoring
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Influenza, Human / diagnosis
  • Influenza, Human / epidemiology*
  • Influenza, Human / virology
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Male
  • Pennsylvania / epidemiology
  • Public Health
  • Students
  • Young Adult