Recruits to the US military have something even more frightening than their drill sergeant to worry about – and the rest of us have cause to be concerned too. A nasty new strain of adenovirus – which usually only causes mild colds and other infections – has been linked to outbreaks of severe pneumonia.
“A new strain of adenovirus has been linked to outbreaks of severe pneumonia”
Cases of pneumonia caused by a novel adenovirus strain called Ad14 started to appear in 2005. Now the US Centers for Disease Control reports that, in four unrelated outbreaks across the US in the past 18…
