Identification of Large Adenovirus Infection Outbreak at University by Multipathogen Testing, South Carolina, USA, 2022

• DOI: 10.3201/eid3002.230623
• Publication Date: 2024-01-25T00:56:15Z
• Authors: Marco E. Tori; Judith Chontos-Ko...; Jason Stacy; Daryl M. Lamson; Kirsten St. George; Avril T. Lail; Heather A. Stewar...; Linda J. Bell; Hannah L. Kirking; Christopher H. Hsu
• Keywords: students; Universities; South Carolina; Adenoviridae Infections; public health; R; Dispatch; COVID-19; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Disease Outbreaks; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; adenoviruses; outbreaks; Medicine; Humans; Students; universities

Using multipathogen PCR testing, we identified 195 students with adenovirus type 4 infections on a university campus in South Carolina, USA, during January-May 2022. We co-detected other respiratory viruses in 43 (22%) students. Continued surveillance of circulating viruses is needed to prevent virus infection outbreaks in congregate communities.