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Molecular epidemiology of adenovirus type 7 in the United States, 1966-2000.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Mar 2002
Erdman Dean D, Xu Wanhong, Gerber Susan I, Gray Gregory C, Schnurr David, Kajon Adriana E, Anderson Larry J
Abstract excerpt
Genetic variation among 166 isolates of human adenovirus 7 (Ad7) obtained from 1966 to 2000 from the United States and Eastern Ontario, Canada, was determined by genome restriction analysis. Most (65%) isolates were identified as Ad7b. Two genome types previously undocumented in North America were also identified: Ad7d2 (28%), which first appeared in 1993 and was later identified throughout the Midwest and...
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