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Virology and epidemiology analyses of global adenovirus-associated conjunctivitis outbreaks, 1953-2013.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Jun 2016
Zhang L, Zhao N, Sha J, Wang C, Jin X, Amer S, Liu S
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This study aimed to compare the virology and epidemiology of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC), pharyngoconjunctival fever (PCF) and acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis (AHC) outbreaks worldwide caused by the human adenovirus (HAdV) from 1953 to 2013. Eighty-three hexon sequences from 76 conjunctivitis outbreaks were analysed and subtyped using Mega 5.05, Clustal X and SimPlot software. Epidemiology was performed...
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