Genome typing of adenovirus type 34 isolated in two cases of conjunctivitis in Sapporo, Japan.
Two cases of conjunctivitis caused by adenovirus type 34 (Ad34) are reported. The isolates were identified as Ad34 by the neutralization test and the PCR-sequence method of the hexon gene but as Ad14 by PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. The genome types of these two isolates were identical to that of Ad34a.
Saitoh-Inagawa
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Department of Ophthalmology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 236-0004, Japan. winagaw@attglobal.net
Tanaka
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Uchio
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Itoh
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Ohno
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Aoki
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D000258:Adenovirus Infections, Human / Q000821:virology*; D000260:Adenoviruses, Human / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D003236:Conjunctivitis, Viral / Q000821:virology*; D016679:Genome, Viral; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length