epidemic keratoconjunctivitis
Novel Human Adenovirus Causing Nosocomial Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis
... In 2000, we encountered cases of nosocomial infections with epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC) at a university hospital in Kobe, in the western part of Japan. Two human adenovirus (HAdV) strains, Kobe-H ...
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Characterization of E3/49K, a Novel, Highly Glycosylated E3 Protein of the Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis-Causing Adenovirus Type 19a
... Adenoviruses (Ads) are nonenveloped viruses with a dou- ble-stranded DNA genome of approximately 36 kb. So far, 51 different human serotypes have been described, which are clas- sified into 6 subgenera, designated A to F ...
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Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis-Causing Adenoviruses Induce MUC16 Ectodomain Release To Infect Ocular Surface Epithelial Cells
... ABSTRACT Human adenoviruses (HAdV), species D in particular (HAdV-D), are fre- quently associated with epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC). Although the infection originates at the ocular surface ...
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Complete Genome Analysis of a Novel Intertypic Recombinant Human Adenovirus Causing Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis in Japan
... For 4 months from September 2008, 102 conjunctival swab specimens were collected for surveillance purposes from patients across Japan suspected of having epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC). Human ...
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A 8-year retrospective clinical analysis of 272 patients of epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis in Beijing, China
... Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC) is a highly conta- gious infectious disease, which is caused by adenoviruses [1]. In the acute phase, EKC might be indicated by such signs as: edematous eyelids, ...
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Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis Due to the Novel Hexon Chimeric Intermediate 22,37/H8 Human Adenovirus
... 10. Dragon, E. A., J. P. Sapadoro, and R. Madej. 1993. Quality control of polymerase chain reaction, p. 160–168. In D. H. Pering, T. F. Smith, F. C. Tenover, and T. J. White (ed.), Diagnostic molecular microbiology: ...
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Selection Pressure in the Human Adenovirus Fiber Knob Drives Cell Specificity in Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis
... Human adenoviruses (HAdVs) contain seven species (HAdV-A to -G), each associated with specific disease conditions. Among these, HAdV-D includes those viruses associated with epidemic keratoconjunctivitis ...
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Cyclosporine a 0.05% eye drops for the treatment of subepithelial infiltrates after epidemic keratoconjunctivitis
... Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC) is one of the most common ocular viral infections caused by adenoviruses. Adenovirus family consists of different serotypes. Sero- types 8, 11 19 and 37 are held ...
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Human adenovirus type 8 epidemic keratoconjunctivitis with large corneal epithelial full-layer detachment: an endemic outbreak with uncommon manifestations
... Abstract: Epidemic viral conjunctivitis is a highly contagious disease that is encountered year- ...8 epidemic keratoconjunctivitis, full-layer epithelial detachment is rarely ...of epidemic ...
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An outbreak of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis caused by human adenovirus type 8 in primary school, southwest China
... of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC) occurred successively with an interval of 5 days in two primary boarding schools in Weixi Lisu Autonomous County, Diqing, and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, ...
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Five New Genome Types of Adenovirus Type 37 Caused Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis in Sapporo, Japan, for More Than 10 Years
... of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis and has recently been the largest causative agent of keratoconjunctivitis in ...of keratoconjunctivitis to strike Sapporo in the past 12 years, specific genome ...
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Clinical and virological analysis of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis caused by adenovirus type 54 in a regional ophthalmic clinic in Kyushu, Japan
... In June 2016, a private ophthalmology clinic in Chikushino, Fukuoka, Japan encountered an epidemic of EKC which was prolonged for 3 months. The clinic was one of the ophthalmol- ogy practices in the region and ...
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Analysis with restriction endonucleases recognizing 4 or 5 base pair sequences of human adenovirus type 3 isolated from ocular diseases in Sapporo, Japan
... A total of 49 adenovirus type 3 Ad3 strains from patients with epidemic keratoconjunctivitis at an eye clinic in Sapporo, Japan, from 1983 to 1986 were classified into either genome type[r] ...
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Pathogenesis and management of adenoviral keratoconjunctivitis
... of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis are usually caused by HAdV types 8, 19, 37, and ...conjunctivitis. Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis, however, is the severest form, with additional involvement of ...
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Three adenovirus type 8 genome types defined by restriction enzyme analysis: prototype stability in geographically separated populations
... The changing etiology of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis: antigenic and restriction enzyme analysis of adenovirus types 19 and 37 isolated over a ten-year period.. Clinical and immunologic[r] ...
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Bacteriological Investigation of Infectious Keratoconjunctivitis in Norwegian Sheep
... in weight loss and reduced slaughter weights. According to the last available official veteri- nary statistics, keratoconjunctivitis is rather common in Norwegian sheep (The Norwegian Animal Health Authority ...
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Ovine infectious keratoconjunctivitis in sheep: the farmer’s perspective
... infectious keratoconjunctivitis and asked whether they had seen this disease on their farm, 18 (13%) stated they had not seen this disease on their farm and did not participate ...
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The role of inflammation and antiinflammation therapies in keratoconjunctivitis sicca
... Results and conclusion: Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca (KCS) is a multifactorial and complex disorder in which ocular surface infl ammations play a central role. Identifi cation of specifi c CD4-T-Cell pathways and the ...
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Diagnosis and treatment of microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis: literature review and case series
... Although the second case was on HAART for 4 years before presentation, the other two cases presented with a CD4+ T cell count <100 cells/μL. We hypothesize that the lesser degree of ocular discomfort and less dramatic ...
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A review on West African Ebola epidemic dynamics models
... Ebola epidemic models that are used to investigate the development of the ...of epidemic, theories for spread and frequency of diseases and indices of intervention efficacy in the control of the ...Ebola ...
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