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Epidemiological and virological features of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis due to new human adenovirus type 54 in Japan.
The British journal of ophthalmology - 1 Jan 2011
Kaneko Hisatoshi, Suzutani Tatsuo, Aoki Koki, Kitaichi Nobuyoshi, Ishida Susumu, Ishiko Hiroaki, Ohashi Tsutomu, Okamoto Shigeki, Nakagawa Hisashi, Hinokuma Rikutaro, Asato Yoshimori, Oniki Shinobu, Hashimoto Teiko, Iida Tomohiro, Ohno Shigeaki
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/AIMS: New human adenovirus (HAdV)-54 causes epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC) and is virologically close to and has occasionally been detected as HAdV-8. Taking HAdV-54 into account, we re-determined HAdV type in EKC samples to determine its epidemiology in Japan, and examined the virological features of HAdV-54. METHODS: HAdV type was re-determined in 776 conjunctival swabs from Japan and 174 from...
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