Adenovirus

1
New Jersey
Adenovirus Outbreak
At least 9 children affected and dead in
Wanaque Nursing Home & Rehabilitation
Center
 What is
Adenovirus?
Adenovirus
Is any of a group of DNA viruses first discovered in adenoid tissue, most of which cause
respiratory diseases.
 What you
need to know.
▹ Mild, feels like the cold/flu
▹ Deadly with weak immune system
▹ Survives on plastic + metal surfaces
▹ Contagious through common personal
contact

Rehabilitation center cited in 2016 + 2017

 Ongoing
investigation

No idea where the disease came from

No more admittance into the rehab center is allowed
until the outbreak blows over and it becomes difficult to
nearly impossible to find out how the illness was
brought into the facility.
More about the
virus

▹ If healthy regular symptoms of the flu

▹ Not seasonal
▹ Vaccines exist but not to the public
▹ Extreme cases can lead to death
▹ Accounted for 85.5% of 1497
Sources
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/27/health/a
denovirus-outbreak-new-
jersey/index.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-
news/eighth-child-s-death-reported-new-
jersey-rehabilitation-facility-n925131