Human adenovirus detection among immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients presenting acute respiratory infection

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Aripuana Watanabe, Emerson Carraro, Clarice Camargo, Diane Puerari, Sandra Guatura, Celso Granato, Nancy Bellei
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2013
• Subjects: HAdV; Respiratory infection; DFA; Nested PCR; Immunocompromised patients and immunocompetent patients; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Ari
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-1699-2013; https://doaj.org/article/dc2b47607bdf416a8934941e5d1de61b

INTRODUCTION: Human adenoviruses (HAdV) play an important role in the etiology of severe acute lower respiratory infection, especially in immunocompromised individuals. The aim of the present study was detect the HAdV through different methods: direct fluorescence assay (DFA) and nested-polymerase c...