RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 An outbreak of adenovirus type 4 conjunctivitis.
JF British Journal of Ophthalmology
JO Br J Ophthalmol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
SP 489
OP 493
DO 10.1136/bjo.64.7.489
VO 64
IS 7
A1 A B Tullo
A1 P G Higgins
YR 1980
UL http://bjo.bmj.com/content/64/7/489.abstract
AB An unusually large outbreak of conjunctivitis caused by adenovirus type 4 involved 113 proved cases during a 7-month period. Though the disease was less severe than is commonly seen in epidemic keratoconjunctivitis caused by other serotypes, the cornea was affected in 23% of cases and symptoms persisted for at least 5 weeks in 6 patients. A concurrent increase in nonocular adenovirus type 4 infections in the Bristol area was not observed. Nine of the cases could have arisen as a result of hospital cross-infection.