| outbreak of adenoviral infections in a long-term paediatric facility, new jersey, 1986/87. | during an 8-week period in the winter of 1986-87, there were 11 deaths from an adenovirus infection (case fatality rate = 39%, 11/28) in a long-term care paediatric facility in southern new jersey. among the 61 resident children, all with severe congenital and/or acquired disabilities, 28 developed a febrile respiratory illness compatible with adenovirus infection [attack rate (ar) = 46%]. patients with tracheostomies were three times as likely to become ill [relative risk (rr) = 3.2, 95% confid ... | 1991 | 1680902 |