Article
Prolonged recovery of desiccated adenoviral serotypes 5, 8, and 19 from plastic and metal surfaces in vitro.
Ophthalmology - 1 Dec 1993
Gordon Y J, Gordon R Y, Romanowski E, Araullo-Cruz T P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Prevention of the spread of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC) at eye care facilities (doctors' offices, clinics, hospitals) has been a major public health goal for ophthalmology for more than 50 years. The authors explored a potentially contributing attribute of the adenovirus serotypes that cause EKC. Specifically, they investigated the capacity of different clinical and laboratory ocular serotypes...
Topics
- Adenoviruses, Human
- Colony Count, Microbial
- Equipment Contamination
- Humans
- Keratoconjunctivitis
- Metals
- Phenotype
- Plastics
- Virus Cultivation