Adenovirus type 7d outbreak associated with severe clinical presentation, Finland, February to June 2024
We report an adenovirus outbreak with unusually severe clinical presentation, particularly in military conscripts and their close contacts. During 1 February-30 June 2024, 129 patients with adenovirus infection were hospitalised, 30 were admitted to ICU, 10 required ECMO treatment and six died. Cases consisted of 75 conscripts (58.1%) and 54 civilians (41.9%). Most samples were type 7 (97/108; 89.8%); all 24 sequenced samples were subtype 7d. During 1 August-30 November 2024, 274 additional hospitalised cases were identified from registries.
Authors
- Otto Helve (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6254-3180)
- Eeva Ruotsalainen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8747-2972)
- Richard Viking Lundell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2288-8106)
- Santtu Heinonen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1666-1933)
- Ilkka Laaksi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4565-0483)
- Simo Nikkari
- Carita Savolainen‐Kopra
- Hanna Jarva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9154-354X)
- Erika Lindh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9168-1053)
- Niina Ikonen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0724-8888)
- Hanna Nohynek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8220-3669)
- Raisa Loginov
- Elina Erra
- Marjaana Pitkäpaasi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3881-5208)
- Petri Kangaspunta
- Laura Mannonen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2520-5654)
- Leif Lakoma
- Aino Nyqvist
- Pilvi Hepo-oja
Institutions
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- Helsinki University Hospital (FI)
- Finnish Defence Forces (FI)
- Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (FI)
- City of Helsinki (FI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Eurosurveillance
- Published
- 2025-02-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.es.2025.30.7.2500061
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Virus-based gene therapy research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.45