| a human adenovirus species b subtype 21a associated with severe pneumonia. | between 2005 and 2013 six severe pneumonia cases (all requiring mechanical ventilation, two fatal outcomes) caused by human adenovirus type 21 (hadv-b21) were observed in germany. so far, hadv-b21 was mainly associated with non-severe upper and lower respiratory tract infections. however, a few highly virulent hadv types, e.g. hadv-b14p1, were previously associated with severe, fatal pneumonia. complete genomic sequences of the german hadv-b21 pneumonia isolates formed a single phylogenetic clus ... | 2014 | 24975176 |