Febrile Respiratory Illness Associated with Human Adenovirus Type 55 in South Korea Military, 2014–20161
Emerging Infectious Diseases·
- DOI
- 10.3201/eid2306.161848
- PMID
- 28518038
- PMCID
- PMC5443441
- OpenAlex
- W2606926125
- Study type
- Genomic study
- Publisher
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Article type
- journal-article
- Integrity
- current
Why this research matters now
The emergence of HAdV type 55 as a cause of febrile respiratory illness in a military setting is positioned as motivation for continued surveillance in both military and civilian populations.
Structured evidence summary
Research question
The study investigates a febrile respiratory illness outbreak in the South Korea military during the 2014–15 influenza season, with molecular characterization to identify the causative pathogen.
Study design
The work is an outbreak investigation involving molecular typing and phylogenetic analysis of patient samples, classified bibliographically as a genomic study published in a peer-reviewed journal.
Population and setting
The setting is the South Korea military population during the 2014–15 influenza season, with subsequent reference to civilian populations as relevant to ongoing surveillance.
Main findings
Molecular typing and phylogenetic analysis of patient samples identified human adenovirus type 55 as the causative agent of the outbreak, which extended beyond the 2014–15 influenza season. The authors describe HAdV type 55 as a novel emergence warranting continued surveillance.
Public-health relevance
The emergence of HAdV type 55 as a cause of febrile respiratory illness in a military setting is positioned as motivation for continued surveillance in both military and civilian populations.
Important limitations
The abstract does not enumerate explicit limitations of the study. This summary is constrained to the supplied single-article abstract and bibliographic metadata and therefore cannot substitute for review of the original full text when decision-grade interpretation is required.
GIDS interpretation
For discoverability, the article is indexed under genomic epidemiology, outbreak investigation, surveillance, and treatment topics, with geographic linkage to South Korea and disease tags spanning influenza and gastroenteritis. No connection to a live surveillance signal is asserted from the abstract alone.
Related GIDS surveillance
Literature context does not validate, explain, or change a surveillance signal. Exact and contextual relationships are shown separately.
Evidence relationships
This article has 10 auditable classifier relationships to diseases, places, topics, and study design.