Emergent strain of human adenovirus endemic in Iowa

Gregory C Gray; Sharon F Setterquist; Sandra J Jirsa; Lucy E DesJardin; Dean D Erdman

doi:10.3201/eid1101.040490

Emergent strain of human adenovirus endemic in Iowa

Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Jan;11(1):127-8. doi: 10.3201/eid1101.040490.

Authors

Gregory C Gray¹, Sharon F Setterquist, Sandra J Jirsa, Lucy E DesJardin, Dean D Erdman

Affiliation

¹ University of Iowa College of Public Health, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. [email protected]

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adenovirus Infections, Human / epidemiology*
Adenovirus Infections, Human / virology
Adenoviruses, Human / classification*
Adenoviruses, Human / genetics
Adenoviruses, Human / isolation & purification
Adolescent
Adult
Child
Child, Preschool
Communicable Diseases, Emerging / epidemiology*
Communicable Diseases, Emerging / virology
Endemic Diseases*
Female
Humans
Infant
Iowa / epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Population Surveillance
Prevalence
Retrospective Studies