Research Article

Associations of Adenovirus Genotypes in Korean Acute Gastroenteritis Patients with Respiratory Symptoms and Intussusception

Table 1

Distribution of human adenovirus genotypes in stool specimens and their associations with respiratory symptoms and intussusception.

Adenovirus typeNumber (%) of positive specimensTiter (OD) of positive specimens (Mean ± SD)Number (%) of patients with concomitant respiratory symptomsNumber (%) of patients showing intussusception

C114 (6.4%)1.673 ± 1.2848/14 (57.1%)9/14 (64.3%)
C230 (13.8%)1.459 ± 1.17217/30 (56.7%)8/30 (26.7%)
B321 (9.6%)0.782 ± 0.79419/21 (90.4%)2/21 (9.5%)
C510 (4.6%)1.563 ± 1.1076/10 (60.0%)3/10 (30.0%)
C64 (1.8%)1.134 ± 1.3703/4 (75.0%)2/4 (50.0%)
A121 (0.5%)3.5001/1 (100%)0/1 (0.0%)
A314 (1.8%)1.836 ± 1.1731/4 (25.0%)3/4 (75.0%)
F401 (0.5%)2.744
F41132 (60.6%)2.541 ± 0.93357/132 (43.2%)4/132 (3.0%)
B551 (0.5%)0.3601/1 (100%)0/1 (0.0%)
Nontyped18 (7.6%)1.169 ± 1.1156/18 (33.3%)1/18 (5.6%)
Total236 (100%)2.009 ± 1.206119/236 (50.4%)32/236 (13.6%)

Significant difference () compared to the value for the total group.
“Nontyped” indicates a failure in typing due to PCR or sequencing error (the chromatogram showed messy sequencing peaks or overlapping peaks) for genotyping.