Adenovirus Type 7 Pneumonia in Children Who Died from Measles-Associated Pneumonia, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2014

Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Apr;22(4):687-90. doi: 10.3201/eid2204.151595.

Abstract

During a 2014 measles outbreak in Vietnam, postmortem pathologic examination of hospitalized children who died showed that adenovirus type 7 pneumonia was a contributory cause of death in children with measles-associated immune suppression. Adenovirus type 7 pneumonia should be recognized as a major cause of secondary infection after measles.

Keywords: Vietnam; adenovirus infection; children; measles; pneumonia; secondary infection; viruses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adenoviridae Infections / complications
  • Adenoviridae Infections / epidemiology*
  • Adenoviridae Infections / mortality
  • Adenoviridae Infections / virology
  • Adenoviruses, Human / genetics
  • Adenoviruses, Human / growth & development
  • Adenoviruses, Human / isolation & purification*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Coinfection
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Measles / complications
  • Measles / epidemiology*
  • Measles / mortality
  • Measles / virology
  • Measles virus / genetics
  • Measles virus / growth & development
  • Measles virus / isolation & purification*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / complications
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / mortality
  • Pneumonia, Viral / virology
  • Survival Analysis
  • Vietnam / epidemiology