Adenovirus associated Infection

Adenoviruses are a group of viruses that typically cause respiratory illnesses, such as a common cold, conjunctivitis (an infection in the eye that is sometimes called pink eye), croup, bronchitis, or pneumonia. In children, adenoviruses usually cause infections in the respiratory tract and intestinal tract.Adenoviral infections are being increasingly recognized as causes of severe respiratory and other clinical disease in immunocompromised adults.