Adenovirus type 7 pneumonia in children who died from measles-associated pneumonia, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2014

Abstract

During a 2014 measles outbreak in Vietnam, postmortem pathologic examination of hospitalized children who died showed that adenovirus type 7 pneumonia was a contributory cause of death in children with measles-associated immune suppression. Adenovirus type 7 pneumonia should be recognized as a major cause of secondary infection after measles.