Fatal adenovirus infection in a neonate and transmission to health-care workers.

Background: Human adenovirus (HAdV) infections, while common in infancy and childhood, occur rarely in the neonatal period but may be fatal.

Objectives: To describe a transmission of HAdV from a patient with fatal pneumonia to heath-care workers that could be considered as a model of respiratory virus transmission in a care unit.

Study Design: Case report with virologic studies.