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Emergence of a new human adenovirus type 4 (Ad4) genotype: identification of a novel inverted terminal repeated (ITR) sequence from majority of Ad4 isolates from US military recruits.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Apr 2006
Houng Huo-Shu H, Clavio Sarah, Graham Katherine, Kuschner Robert, Sun Wellington, Russell Kevin L, Binn Leonard N
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BACKGROUND: Ad4 is the principal etiological agent of acute respiratory disease (ARD) in the US military. Discovery of the novel 208bp inverted terminal repeated (ITR) sequence from a recent Ad4 Jax78 field isolate was totally distinct from the analogous 116bp ITR of Ad4 prototype. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the origin and distribution of the novel Ad4 ITR sequence from ARD infections. STUDY DESIGN: Direct...
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