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However, the clinical symptoms, immunological characteristics, and environmental factors of HAdV infection patients at different altitude areas have not been well described.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>In this retrospective, multicenter cohort study, we analyzed the data of patients who were confirmed HAdV infection by PCR tests in the General Hospital of Tibet Military Command or CDC (the Center for Disease Control and Prevention) of Tibet Military Command from January 1, 2019, to December 31, 2020. Demographic, clinical, laboratory, radiological, and epidemiological data were collected from medical records system and compared among different altitude areas. The inflammatory cytokines as well as the subsets of monocytes and regulatory T cells of patients were also obtained and analyzed in this study.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Six hundred eighty-six patients had been identified by laboratory-confirmed HAdV infection, including the low-altitude group (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 62), medium-altitude group (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 206), high-altitude group (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 230), and ultra-high-altitude group (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 188). Referring to the environmental factors regression analysis, altitude and relative humidity were tightly associated with the number of infected patients (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.01). A higher incidence rate of general pneumonia (45.7%) or severe pneumonia (8.0%) occurred in the ultra-high-altitude group (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.05). The incubation period, serial interval, course of the disease, and PCR-positive duration were prolonged to various extents compared with the low-altitude group (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.05). Different from those in low-altitude areas, the levels of IL-1\u03b2, IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, G-CSF, GM-CSF, IFN-\u03b3, IP-10, MCP-1, TNF-\u03b1, TNF-\u03b2, and VEGF in the plasma of the ultra-high-altitude group were increased (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.05), while the proportion of non-classical monocytes and regulatory T cells was decreased (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.05).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>The findings of this research indicated that patients with HAdV infection in high-altitude areas had severe clinical symptoms and a prolonged course of disease. During clinical works, much more attention should be paid to observe the changes in their immunological conditions. 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