{
   "sha": "6203b7c7808aac525f83c3cc7d0107cf90344259",
   "source_x": "PMC",
   "title": "Respiratory Syncytial Virus Outbreak in the Basic Military Training Camp of the Republic of Korea Air Force",
   "doi": "http://dx.doi.org/10.3961/jpmph.14.037",
   "pmcid": "PMC4322513",
   "pubmed_id": "25652706",
   "license": "NO-CC CODE",
   "abstract": "OBJECTIVES: An outbreak of acute febrile illness occurred in the Republic of Korea Air Force boot camp from May to July 2011. An epidemiological investigation of the causative agent, which was of a highly infective nature, was conducted. METHODS: Throat swabs were carried out and a multiplex reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay was performed to identify possible causative factors. RESULTS: The mean age of patients who had febrile illness during the study period was 20.24 years. The multiplex RT-PCR assay identified respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) as the causative agent. The main symptoms were sore throat (76.0%), sputum (72.8%), cough (72.1%), tonsillar hypertrophy (67.9%), and rhinorrhea (55.9%). The mean temperature was 38.75\u00b0C and the attack rate among the recruits was 15.7% (588 out of 3750 recruits), while the mean duration of fever was 2.3 days. The prognosis was generally favorable with supportive care but recurrent fever occurred in 10.1% of the patients within a month. CONCLUSIONS: This is the first epidemiological study of an RSV outbreak that developed in a healthy young adult group. In the event of an outbreak of an acute febrile illness of a highly infective nature in facilities used by a young adult group, RSV should be considered among the possible causative agents.",
   "publish_time": "2015 Jan 14",
   "authors": [
      "['Park, Won-Ju', 'Yoo, Seok-Ju', 'Lee, Suk-Ho', 'Chung, Jae-Woo', 'Jang, Keun-Ho', 'Moon, Jai-Dong']"
   ],
   "journal": "J Prev Med Public Health",
   "has_full_text": "True",
   "id": "6203b7c7808aac525f83c3cc7d0107cf90344259",
   "fhir_link": "PMC/6203b7c7808aac525f83c3cc7d0107cf90344259"
}