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An Outbreak of Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis Caused by a New Intermediate Adenovirus 22/H8 Identified by Molecular Typing

2006; Oxford University Press; Volume: 43; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1086/507533

1537-6591

Ilka Engelmann, Ijad Madisch, Heidi Pommer, Albert Heim,

Animal Virus Infections Studies

In a 4-week period, 12 patients contracted adenoviral keratoconjunctivitis. Eight of these patients had visited the same ophthalmologist's practice before onset of symptoms. Adenovirus was detected in swab specimens obtained from 9 patients. Sequence-based typing of 2 isolates revealed type 22/H8. This is, to our knowledge, the first report of a keratoconjunctivitis outbreak caused by an intermediate adenovirus type 22/H8.