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Outbreak of Adenovirus Type 4 Infection in a Long-Term Care Facility for the Elderly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Ruth Kandel ,
Arjun Srinivasan ,
Erika M. C. D'Agata ,
Xiaoyan Lu ,
Dean Erdman  and
Michael Jhung
Ruth Kandel*
Affiliation:
Hebrew Rehabilitation Center, Boston, Massachusetts Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Arjun Srinivasan
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Erika M. C. D'Agata
Affiliation:
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Xiaoyan Lu
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Dean Erdman
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Michael Jhung
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
*
Hebrew Rehabilitation Center, 1200 Centre Street, Boston, MA 02131 (kandel@hrca.harvard.edu)
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An outbreak of acute respiratory disease due to human adenovirus and a resulting increase in mortality occurred in a long-term care facility for the elderly. By use of viral culture and polymerase chain reaction, not a rapid antigen test, the virus was detected. Human adenovirus infection can occur in elderly individuals, but detection by rapid antigen testing may be limited.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 7 , July 2010 , pp. 755 - 757
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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