title: Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis at a Vietnamese refugee camp in Florida.
abstract: During the summer of 1975 an ongoing outbreak of conjunctivitis occurred among Vietnamese refugees temporarily housed at a U.S. mainland camp. Twenty-two per cent of surveyed refugees gave a history of the disease and 10% were documented as having clinical conjunctivitis at the time of the survey. Fifty-six per cent of documented cases were in children less than 10 years of age. The attack rate among American camp personnel was 4%. Comprehensive microbiologic analysis revealed multiple potential pathogens in most cases, but the recovery of adenovirus 8 (AV8) in 81% of cases cultured within two weeks of onset implicated AV8 as the principal cause of the epidemic.
mesh_terms: D000257:Adenoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000258:Adenovirus Infections, Human / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000635:transmission; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007637:Keratoconjunctivitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000635:transmission; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012036:Refugees; D014744:Vietnam / Q000208:ethnology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral