Adenovirus Infections in Children and Young Adults

Abstract

RESPIRATORY infections due to adenoviruses have a high incidence in military recruits,^{1 2 3} but increasing evidence indicates they are responsible for little clinical illness in civilian populations.^{4 5 6 7 8 9} This paper presents the results of two additional studies of civilian groups: a summary of a four-year investigation of 710 university students hospitalized with acute respiratory disease‡ from 1954–1958; and a survey of the prevalence of adenoviruses in third-grade school children over a three-month period.§The findings of these investigations will be compared with similar studies as a basis for recommendations for use of adenovirus vaccine. I agree with the recently published views of . . .