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An outbreak of acute respiratory disease caused by a virus associated RNA II gene mutation strain of human adenovirus 7 in China, 2015.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Yang Xiaoxia, Wang Qiongshu, Liang Beibei, Wu Fuli, Li Hao, Liu Hongbo, Sheng Chunyu, Ma Qiuxia, Yang Chaojie, Xie Jing, Li Peng, Jia Leili, Wang Ligui, Du Xinying, Qiu Shaofu, Song Hongbin
Abstract excerpt
Human adenovirus 7 (HAdV-7) strains are a major cause of acute respiratory disease (ARD) among adults and children, associated with fatal pneumonia. An ARD outbreak caused by HAdV-7 that involved 739 college students was reported in this article. To better understand the underlying cause of this large-scale epidemic, virus strains were isolated from infected patients and sequence variations of the whole genome...
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