Immunizations for Military Trainees
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Control of adenovirus acute respiratory disease in U.S. Army trainees.
Although limited almost exclusively to military trainees, acute respiratory disease (ARD) caused by adenovirus types 4 and 7 had been the leading cause of hospitalization in U.S. Army personnel. This decrease which resembles influenza in clinical manifestations led to hospitalization of as many as 50% of military trainees in midwinter and imposed a heavy burden on military hospitals and trainin...
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تاریخ انتشار 2006