Investigating a viral aetiology for keratoconjunctivitis among patients with corneal scrapings positive for microsporidia

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1611-1612

  Balne, Praveen Kumar ^a   Sharma, Savitri ^a   Das, Sujata ^a   Kar, Sarita ^a   Sahu, Srikant K ^a   Mallick, Aparajita ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADENOVIRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEAL BIOPSY; CORNEAL SCRAPING; EPIDEMIC KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; LETTER; MICROSCOPY; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIAN SPORE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITTAFORMA;

ADENOVIRUS INFECTIONS, HUMAN; CORNEA; EPIDEMICS; EYE INFECTIONS, VIRAL; HUMANS; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MICROSPORIDIA;

EID: 80054924855     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2011-300094     Document Type: Letter

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