TY - JOUR AU - Jing, Shuping AU - Zhang, Jing AU - Cao, Mengchan AU - Liu, Minhong AU - Yan, Yuqian AU - Zhao, Shan AU - Cao, Na AU - Ou, Junxian AU - Ma, Kui AU - Cai, Xiangran AU - Wu, Jianguo AU - Mei, Ya-Fang AU - Zhang, Qiwei T1 - Household Transmission of Human Adenovirus Type 55 in Case of Fatal Acute Respiratory Disease T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2019 VL - 25 IS - 9 SP - 1756 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We identified a case of fatal acute respiratory disease from household transmission of human adenovirus type 55 (HAdV-55) in Anhui Province, China. Computed tomography showed severe pneumonia. Comparative genomic analysis of HAdV-55 indicated the virus possibly originated in Shanxi Province, China. More attention should be paid to highly contagious HAdV-55. KW - acute respiratory disease KW - household transmission KW - fatality KW - human adenovirus type 55 KW - viruses KW - adenoviruses KW - China DO - 10.3201/eid2509.181937 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/9/18-1937_article ER - End of Reference