Epidemiological characteristics of adenovirus in children in Yancheng, China, 2023-2024.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To understand the epidemiology and evolutionary characteristics of human adenovirus (HAdV) infecting children in Yancheng, China, during the winter of 2023-2024.

Methods

HAdV-positive throat swab samples were collected from pediatric patients in Yancheng. The Hexon, Penton base, and Fiber genes were amplified and sequenced for typing and phylogenetic analysis of HAdV.

Results

170 HAdV-positive samples were collected and identified from children with acute respiratory infection (ARI) in Yancheng. A total of 133 samples were successfully amplified and sequenced for Hexon, Penton base, and Fiber genes. Phylogenetic analysis showed that HAdV-B3 was the dominant circulating strain, and two strains of B21, one strain of C1 and one strain of C5 were also identified

SUBMITTER: Chen G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12158925 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature