Adenovirus 21 Infection in an Isolated Antarctic Station: Transmission of the Virus and Susceptibility of the Population

• Main Authors: Shult, Peter A., Polyak, Frank, Dick, Elliot C., Warshauer, David M., King, Lenard A., Mandel, Adrian D.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1991
• Subjects: ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS; Antarctic; McMurdo Station; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/133/6/599

Natural dissemination of viral respiratory illness to susceptible men may occur with surprising difficulty. This was especially evident during a 1977 outbreak of adenovirus type 21 (Ad-21) at McMurdo Station, a US research base in Antarctica. The unique circumstances at McMurdo allowed 125 men from...