An Epidemic of Respiratory and Ocular Infections Caused by the Reemergence of a Recombinant Human Adenovirus, the Novel Type HAdV-B114 (P7H3F3).

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Human adenoviruses of species B (HAdV-B) can cause upper respiratory tract infections and conjunctivitis, but also severe lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI). Although HAdV-associated LRTI are non-notifiable in Germany, typing data of our Adenovirus Reference Laboratory indicated an HAdV-B3 epidemic in 2023, with 67 samples initially typed as HAdV-B3 compared to < 10/year in the previous years. Circulation...

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