Volume 24, Number 7—July 2018
Research
Molecular Epidemiology of Human Adenovirus–Associated Febrile Respiratory Illness in Soldiers, South Korea1
Jung Yeon Heo2, Ji Yun Noh2, Hye Won Jeong, Kang-Won Choe, Joon Young Song, Woo Joo Kim, and Hee Jin Cheong
Table 2
Demographic characteristics of soldiers with HAdV respiratory infection, by HAdV type, South Korea, January 2013–April 2014*
| Type 55 | Type 4 | Type 5 | Type 6 | Not determined | Unable to type | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. (%) cases |
29 (42.0) |
9 (13.0) |
1 (1.4) |
1 (1.4) |
11 (15.9) |
18 (26.1) |
69 (100.0) |
| Age, y, mean +SD |
21.41 +1.92 |
21.33 +1.32 |
21 |
20 |
21.42 +1.75 |
21.63 +1.38 |
21.69 +1.49 |
| Military rank, no. (%) | |||||||
| New recruits | 12 (41.4) | 3 (33.3) | 1 (100.0) | 0 | 5 (45.5) | 7 (38.9) | 28 (40.6) |
| Active-duty soldiers |
17 (58.6) |
6 (66.7) |
0 |
1 (100.0) |
7 (63.6) |
10 (55.6) |
41 (59.4) |
| Smokers, no. (%) | 15 (51.7) | 5 (55.6) | 0 | 0 | 7 (63.6) | 11 (61.1) | 38 (55.1) |
| Hospitalized, no. (%) | 25 (86.2) | 6 (66.7) | 0 | 0 | 8 (72.7) | 13 (72.2) | 52 (75.4) |
*All soldiers were male. Some HAdV types were not verified despite our performing molecular analyses. Molecular analyses for typing of HAdV type were not performed. HAdV, human adenovirus.
1Preliminary results from this study were presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2015, convened April 25–28, 2015, in Copenhagen, Denmark.
2These authors contributed equally to this article.
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