Adenovirus eye infections in an Australian city, 1972-9.
A number of adenovirus serotypes have been associated with both sporadic cases and outbreaks of conjunctivitis and pharyngoconjunctival fever but only adenovirus type 8 and adenovirus type 19 have been responsible for wide-spread epidemic kerato-conjunctivitis. In Melbourne, Australia, in the past eight years these two serotypes have been prevalent, resulting in an outbreak of adenovirus type 8 kerato-conjunctivitis in 1976-7 followed by adenovirus type 19 kerato-conjunctivitis in 1978-9. During these two periods of peak incidence, 53 cases of adenovirus type 8 and 43 cases of adenovirus type 19 kerato-conjunctivitis were confirmed by isolation.
D000257:Adenoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000258:Adenovirus Infections, Human / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000260:Adenoviruses, Human / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001315:Australia; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007637:Keratoconjunctivitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D007757:Laboratory Infection / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012703:Serotyping; D014776:Virus Cultivation