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Adenovirus eye infections in an Australian city, 1972–9

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2010

L. Irving ,
M. Kennett ,
F. Lewis ,
C. Birch  and
A. Donaldson
L. Irving
Affiliation:
Virus Laboratory, Fairfield Hospital for Communicable Diseases, Yarra Bend Road, Fairfield, Victoria 3078, Australia
M. Kennett
Affiliation:
Virus Laboratory, Fairfield Hospital for Communicable Diseases, Yarra Bend Road, Fairfield, Victoria 3078, Australia
F. Lewis
Affiliation:
Virus Laboratory, Fairfield Hospital for Communicable Diseases, Yarra Bend Road, Fairfield, Victoria 3078, Australia
C. Birch
Affiliation:
Virus Laboratory, Fairfield Hospital for Communicable Diseases, Yarra Bend Road, Fairfield, Victoria 3078, Australia
A. Donaldson
Affiliation:
Virus Laboratory, Fairfield Hospital for Communicable Diseases, Yarra Bend Road, Fairfield, Victoria 3078, Australia
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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 keratoconjunctivitis 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.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 86 , Issue 1 , February 1981 , pp. 95 - 103
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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