Infectious human adenoviruses are shed in urine even after disappearance of urethral symptoms.
Nozomu HanaokaShin ItoMasami KonagayaNaomi NojiriMitsuru YasudaTsuguto FujimotoTakashi DeguchiPublished in: PloS one (2019)
HAdVs were significantly detected and isolated from the FVU of patients with urethritis. Furthermore, high levels of infectious HAdVs are excreted in urine for a long period even after urethritis symptoms disappear.