Search for Illness Due to Adenovirus Type 4 Among College Dormitory Freshmen.

Summary A search was made for presence of infection due to adenovirus type 4 in dormitory freshmen of Case Inst. of Technology, Western Reserve Univ., and U.S. Military and Naval Academies. Antibody analyses revealed no instance of such infection in 126 students. Three students had rises in serum titers of complement-fixing antibodies against adenovirus type 4; however, none of the 3 had rises in serum titers of neutralizing antibodies against adenovirus types 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. One student from the Naval Academy who had only a 1-tube rise in complement-fixing antibody developed a significant rise in neutralizing antibody against type 7 adenovirus.