Computational analysis identifies human adenovirus type 55 as a re-emergent acute respiratory disease pathogen.

ABSTRACT: Novel human adenoviruses (HAdVs) arise from genome recombination. Analysis of HAdV type 55 from an outbreak in China shows a hexon recombination between HAdV-B11 and HAdV-B14, resulting in a genome that is 97.4% HAdV-B14. Sporadic appearances as a re-emergent pathogen and misidentification as "HAdV-B11a" are due to this partial hexon.

SUBMITTER: Walsh MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2832463 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature