Adenovirus Type 4-Associated Acute Respiratory Disease
Adenovirus Type 4-Associated Acute Respiratory Disease
A large outbreak of adenovirus type 4-associated acute respiratory disease (ARD) occurred at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, in 1997. A laboratory-based ARD surveillance program was initiated at Fort Gordon, Georgia, where advanced individual training was heavily populated with Fort Jackson soldiers. Adenovirus type 4 was isolated from 50% of 147 trainees hospitalized with ARD. Most (88%) introduced cases were in trainees from Fort Jackson.
A large outbreak of adenovirus type 4-associated acute respiratory disease (ARD) occurred at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, the U.S. Army's largest basic training center from May through December 1997. During the latter half of 1997, ARD hospitalizations were reported in basic trainee populations from all army training centers. However, the highest rates (>=1% of all trainees per week) were at Fort Jackson and at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
After completing an 8-week basic training, soldiers generally enter the second phase of military specialty training, advanced individual training, which is offered at various U.S. Army posts. Fort Gordon, Georgia, receives soldiers directly from Fort Jackson (approximately 150 km away) and other basic training centers. From August to December 1997, the average advanced training population at Fort Gordon was 3,600 soldiers; 80% came from Fort Jackson, approximately 10% from Fort Leonard Wood, and 10% from other sites. Most soldiers proceed directly to advanced training upon graduation from basic training at Fort Jackson. Concern that adenovirus-associated ARD might spread to advanced training students at Fort Gordon led to an intensive, laboratory-based ARD surveillance program at this site on April 1, 1997.
A large outbreak of adenovirus type 4-associated acute respiratory disease (ARD) occurred at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, in 1997. A laboratory-based ARD surveillance program was initiated at Fort Gordon, Georgia, where advanced individual training was heavily populated with Fort Jackson soldiers. Adenovirus type 4 was isolated from 50% of 147 trainees hospitalized with ARD. Most (88%) introduced cases were in trainees from Fort Jackson.
A large outbreak of adenovirus type 4-associated acute respiratory disease (ARD) occurred at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, the U.S. Army's largest basic training center from May through December 1997. During the latter half of 1997, ARD hospitalizations were reported in basic trainee populations from all army training centers. However, the highest rates (>=1% of all trainees per week) were at Fort Jackson and at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
After completing an 8-week basic training, soldiers generally enter the second phase of military specialty training, advanced individual training, which is offered at various U.S. Army posts. Fort Gordon, Georgia, receives soldiers directly from Fort Jackson (approximately 150 km away) and other basic training centers. From August to December 1997, the average advanced training population at Fort Gordon was 3,600 soldiers; 80% came from Fort Jackson, approximately 10% from Fort Leonard Wood, and 10% from other sites. Most soldiers proceed directly to advanced training upon graduation from basic training at Fort Jackson. Concern that adenovirus-associated ARD might spread to advanced training students at Fort Gordon led to an intensive, laboratory-based ARD surveillance program at this site on April 1, 1997.
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