Patterns of Illness in Rhinovirus Infections of Military Personnel

Abstract
IN the past two years a new group of respiratory viruses, recently designated as rhinoviruses, has been associated with mild upper respiratory disease in adults.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Agents of this group were isolated from Marine Corps personnel under surveillance at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, from December, 1960, to January, 1962, and were shown to be associated with mild nonepidemic upper respiratory illness.10 From January, 1960, to March, 1962, epidemics of upper respiratory disease associated with adenovirus Type 4 and Coxsackie virus Group A, Type 21, occurred in the same population.11 12 13 During the time of this study, the characteristics of the population and . . .