TY - JOUR AU - Tsou, Tsung-Pei AU - Tan, Boon-Fatt AU - Chang, Hsin-Yu AU - Chen, Wan-Chin AU - Huang, Yuan-Pin AU - Lai, Chen-Yin AU - Chao, Yen-Nan AU - Wei, Sung-Hsi AU - Hung, Min-Nan AU - Hsu, Li-Ching AU - Lu, Chun-Yi AU - Shao, Pei-Lan AU - Mu, Jung-Jung AU - Chang, Luan-Yin AU - Liu, Ming-Tsan AU - Huang, Li-Min T1 - Community Outbreak of Adenovirus, Taiwan, 2011 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2012 VL - 18 IS - 11 SP - 1825 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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<0.01). The HAdV-7 strain detected in this outbreak is identical to a strain recently reported in the People’s Republic of China (HAdV7-HZ/SHX/CHN/2009). Absence of circulating HAdV-7 in previous years and introduction of an emerging strain are 2 factors that caused this outbreak. KW - adenovirus KW - surveillance KW - pneumonia KW - outbreak KW - viruses KW - Taiwan KW - severe infection KW - adenovirus type 7 KW - HAdV KW - human adenovirus DO - 10.3201/eid1811.120629 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/11/12-0629_article ER - End of Reference