Article
Human adenovirus type 8 genome typing.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Nov 2012
Adhikary A K, Ushijima Hiroshi, Fujimoto Tsuguto
Abstract excerpt
Human adenovirus type 8 (HAdV-8) is a major causative agent of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis, which is frequently associated with community, industrial and nosocomial outbreaks. Restriction endonuclease (RE) analysis discriminates HAdV-8 isolates into genome types, making it possible to correlate between genomic variants, virulence and outbreak potential. RE analysis is performed using two sets of classification...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
