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Molecular epidemiology of adenovirus type 4 infections in US military recruits in the postvaccination era (1997-2003).
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2007
Kajon Adriana E, Moseley Jennifer M, Metzgar David, Huong Huo-Shu, Wadleigh Aya, Ryan Margaret A K, Russell Kevin L
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BACKGROUND: Military recruits are at a higher risk of respiratory infection than their civilian counterparts. Continuous outbreaks of adenovirus (Ad)-associated acute respiratory disease were documented among US trainees before the implementation of serotype 4 (Ad4) and serotype 7 vaccines in 1971. The discontinuation of Ad vaccination programs in 1999 precipitated the reemergence of Ad in training sites, with...
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