Human Adenovirus B7d–Associated Urethritis after Suspected Sexual Transmission, Japan

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 26; no. 10; pp. 2444 - 2447
• Main Authors: Hanaoka, Nozomu, Ito, Shin, Nojiri, Naomi, Konagaya, Masami, Yasuda, Mitsuru, Deguchi, Takashi, Fujimoto, Tsuguto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.10.2020; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Adenoviruses; Adult respiratory distress syndrome; Analysis; Bacterial infections; Conjunctivitis; Dispatch; Epidemics; Epidemiology; Gastroenteritis; Genetic aspects; Genomes; Genomics; Grants; HAdV-B7d; human adenovirus infections; Illnesses; Infections; Infectious diseases; Japan; Pathogens; Patients; Pneumonia; Respiratory diseases; Urethritis; Urine; Viral proteins; viruses; United States > US; Asia; Illinois; China; Japan; New Jersey; urethritis; epidemiology; HAdV-B7d; viruses; human adenovirus infections; Japan

Outbreaks of acute respiratory disease associated with human adenovirus (HAdV) B7d have been reported, including fatal cases in the United States. In 2018, we detected HAdV-B7d in a patient with urethritis, probably transmitted through sexual contact. Infectious HAdV-B7d was excreted in urine and ga...