Community outbreak of adenovirus, Taiwan, 2011

In 2011, a large community outbreak of human adenovirus (HAdV) in Taiwan was detected by a nationwide surveillance system. The epidemic lasted from week 11 through week 41 of 2011 (March 14-October 16, 2011). Although HAdV-3 was the predominant strain detected (74%), an abrupt increase in the percen...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2012-11, Vol.18 (11), p.1825-1832
Main Authors: Tsou, Tsung-Pei, Tan, Boon-Fatt, Chang, Hsin-Yu, Chen, Wan-Chin, Huang, Yuan-Pin, Lai, Chen-Yin, Chao, Yen-Nan, Wei, Sung-Hsi, Hung, Min-Nan, Hsu, Li-Ching, Lu, Chun-Yi, Shao, Pei-Lan, Mu, Jung-Jung, Chang, Luan-Yin, Liu, Ming-Tsan, Huang, Li-Min
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
adenovirus
Adenovirus Infections, Human - diagnosis
Adenovirus Infections, Human - epidemiology
Adenovirus Infections, Human - therapy
Adenovirus Infections, Human - virology
Adenoviruses
Adenoviruses, Human - classification
Adenoviruses, Human - genetics
Adolescent
Analysis
Capsid Proteins - genetics
Cardiac patients
Child
Child, Preschool
Children
Cross infection
Development and progression
Disabled children
Disease Outbreaks
Diseases
Genes
Hematopoietic stem cells
Hospital patients
Humans
Immunoglobulins
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Inpatients
Monoclonal antibodies
Nosocomial infections
outbreak
Outpatients
Phylogeny
pneumonia
Population Surveillance
Prognosis
Respiratory tract diseases
surveillance
Taiwan
Taiwan - epidemiology
Transplantation
Viral proteins
viruses
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Summary:In 2011, a large community outbreak of human adenovirus (HAdV) in Taiwan was detected by a nationwide surveillance system. The epidemic lasted from week 11 through week 41 of 2011 (March 14-October 16, 2011). Although HAdV-3 was the predominant strain detected (74%), an abrupt increase in the percentage of infections caused by HAdV-7 occurred, from 0.3% in 2008-2010 to 10% in 2011. Clinical information was collected for 202 inpatients infected with HAdV; 31 (15.2%) had severe infection that required intensive care, and 7 of those patients died. HAdV-7 accounted for 10%, 12%, and 41% of infections among outpatients, inpatients with nonsevere infection, and inpatients with severe infection, respectively (p
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid1811.120629