During April 2011-March 2012, we retrospectively reviewed medical records for South Korea soldiers to assess the etiology and epidemiology of acute viral lower respiratory tract infections. Adenovirus was the most commonly identified virus (63.2%) and the most common cause of pneumonia (79.3%) and hospitalization (76.6%); 3 soldiers died of adenovirus-related illness.
Keywords: LRTI; Republic of Korea; South Korea; acute respiratory tract infections; adenovirus; adenovirus infections; bronchiolitis; epidemiology; etiology; humans; lower respiratory tract infections; military; military personnel; pneumonia; soldiers; tracheobronchitis; viral respiratory disease; viruses.