Prison and community outbreak of severe respiratory infection due to adenovirus type 14p1 in Tayside, UK
Author(s) -
Benjamin J. Parcell,
P. G. McIntyre,
David Yirrell,
Andrew Fraser,
M.J. Quinn,
Kate Templeton,
Sophia Christie,
Finn Romanes
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdu009
Subject(s) - outbreak , case fatality rate , medicine , serotype , public health , epidemiology , adenovirus infection , prison , attack rate , infection control , pneumonia , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , virology , virus , pathology , geography , archaeology
This report describes the investigation and public health management of a community-based outbreak of severe adenovirus serotype 14p1 respiratory infection affecting the Tayside area during 2011. It is the first report of an adenovirus outbreak involving prisons.
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