Adenovirus type 7 pneumonia is a major contributory cause of death in children with measles-associated immune suppression.
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AdV7 may contribute to measles mortality in children; hypothesis-generating for co-infection studies.
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.
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