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Outbreak of Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis Caused by Human Adenovirus Type 56, China, 2012.
- Source :
- PLoS ONE; Oct2014, Vol. 9 Issue 10, p1-7, 7p
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- HAdV-56 is a new recombinant type isolated from epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC) patients and has been sporadically isolated in Japan several times. Here, an outbreak of EKC in the city of Dalian, China involving a large number of workers in two factories was reported; this was the first outbreak of EKC associated with HAdV-56 worldwide. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS
ADENOVIRUSES
EPIDEMICS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 9
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- PLoS ONE
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 99201043
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0110781