Boot camp bug

U.S. military does battle with adenoviruses

J.M. Radin et al/Clin. Infect. Dis. 2014, adapted by S. Egts

The U.S. military has been fighting a battle with a common virus. Adenoviruses, which cause respiratory illnesses including some colds, plague boot camps. In the past, the viruses have infected 80 percent or more of new soldiers, spawning a potentially fatal flulike illness in some.