title: The prevalence of adenoviral conjunctivitis at the Clinical Hospital of the State University of Campinas, Brazil.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Viral conjunctivitis is a common, highly contagious disease that is often caused by an adenovirus. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of adenoviral conjunctivitis by analyzing data from a prospective clinical study of 122 consecutively enrolled patients who were treated at the Clinical Hospital of the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) after a clinical diagnosis of infectious conjunctivitis between November 2011 and June 2012.
  
  
  METHODS
  Polymerase chain reaction was used to evaluate all cases of clinically diagnosed infectious conjunctivitis and based on the laboratory findings, the prevalence of adenoviral infections was determined. The incidence of subepithelial corneal infiltrates was also investigated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 122 patients with acute infectious conjunctivitis included, 72 had positive polymerase chain reaction results for adenoviruses and 17 patients developed subepithelial corneal infiltrates (13.93%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The polymerase chain reaction revealed that the prevalence of adenoviral conjunctivitis was 59% in all patients who presented with a clinical diagnosis of infectious conjunctivitis from November 2011 to June 2012. The prevalence of adenoviral conjunctivitis in the study population was similar to its prevalence in other regions of the world.
authors.affiliation: Oftalmologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Roberto Damian Pacheco
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.affiliation: Oftalmologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rodrigo Pessoa Cavalcanti
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Lira
authors.affiliation: Oftalmologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carlos Eduardo Leite
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Arieta
authors.affiliation: Oftalmologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rosane Silvestre de
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Ciências Médicas e Laboratório de Virus, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sandra Helena Alves
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Bonon
mesh_terms: D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000235:genetics*; D000257:Adenoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003236:Conjunctivitis, Viral / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral