Volume 21, Number 7—July 2015
Dispatch
Severe Pediatric Adenovirus 7 Disease in Singapore Linked to Recent Outbreaks across Asia
Oon Tek Ng
, Koh Cheng Thoon, Hui Ying Chua, Natalie Woon Hui Tan, Chia Yin Chong, Nancy Wen Sim Tee, Raymond Tzer Pin Lin, Lin Cui, Indumathi Venkatachalam, Paul Anantharajah Tambyah, Jonathan Chew, Raymond Kok Choon Fong, Helen May Lin Oh, Prabha Unny Krishnan, Vernon Jian Ming Lee, Boon Huan Tan, Sock Hoon Ng, Pei Jun Ting, Sebastian Maurer-Stroh, Vithiagaran Gunalan, and Wei Xin Khong
, Koh Cheng Thoon, Hui Ying Chua, Natalie Woon Hui Tan, Chia Yin Chong, Nancy Wen Sim Tee, Raymond Tzer Pin Lin, Lin Cui, Indumathi Venkatachalam, Paul Anantharajah Tambyah, Jonathan Chew, Raymond Kok Choon Fong, Helen May Lin Oh, Prabha Unny Krishnan, Vernon Jian Ming Lee, Boon Huan Tan, Sock Hoon Ng, Pei Jun Ting, Sebastian Maurer-Stroh, Vithiagaran Gunalan, and Wei Xin Khong
Figure 1
Figure 1. Number of adenovirus cases by month, January 2011–July 2013, Singapore. A) The first confirmed case of adenovirus type 7 was reported in November 2012 in KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital. The number of human adenovirus cases among the pediatric inpatient population increased and peaked in May 2013. B) A retrospective examination of the military surveillance data revealed the first appearance of adenovirus type 7 among military personnel in September 2012 and a small increase and decline over the next few months.
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