Volume 30, Number 2—February 2024
Dispatch
Identification of Large Adenovirus Infection Outbreak at University by Multipathogen Testing, South Carolina, USA, 2022
Table 2
Characteristics |
HAdV infection only |
HAdV + co-detected respiratory virus† |
p value |
---|---|---|---|
No. students |
152 |
43 |
NA |
Sex | |||
F | 70 (46) | 28 (65) | 0.002 |
M |
82 (54) |
15 (35) |
0.03 |
Median age, y (range) |
19 (18–24) |
19 (18–22) |
NA |
Residence | |||
On campus dormitory | 85 (56) | 30 (66) | 0.09 |
Off campus |
59 (39) |
11 (25) |
0.09 |
Symptoms | |||
Cough | 113 (74) | 36 (84) | 0.16 |
Sore throat | 124 (82) | 42 (98) | 0.001 |
Fever | 116 (76) | 30 (70) | 0.41 |
Headache | 90 (59) | 30 (70) | 0.19 |
Nausea or vomiting | 44 (29) | 8 (19) | 0.14 |
Conjunctivitis |
19 (13) |
1 (2) |
0.001 |
Severe infection |
6 (4) |
1 (2) |
0.07 |
Smoking or vaping | 15 (11) | 5 (12) | 0.75 |
*Values are no. (%) except as indicated. p values were obtained from 2-sided t-tests. HAdV, human adenovirus; NA, not applicable. †One student was HAdV positive in March, then had recurrent symptoms in early May and was found to be both HAdV and parainfluenza 3 positive. The student was included in the HAdV infection only column and not in the co-detection column. This student’s clinical course and timeline were more consistent with a new parainfluenza infection; the detection of adenovirus was likely attributable to prolonged virus DNA shedding, not a new infection. This group does not include students with Epstein-Barr virus or group A Streptococcus infections.
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