Adenovirus-associated influenza-like illness among college students, Pennsylvania, USA

Abstract

Among students with influenza-like illness at a Pennsylvania college student health center during 2016–2017, 44 (15%) of 288 with respiratory specimens tested positive for human adenovirus (HAdV). HAdV-3,-7, and-4 predominated, and types clustered temporally. HAdV infection should be considered among college students with acute respiratory illness.