Adenovirus-associated epidemic keratoconjunctivitis outbreaks - Four States, 2008-2010

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 62, Issue 32, 2013, Pages 637-641

  King, Diane ^a   Johnson, Barbara ^a   Miller, Darlene ^b   Landon, Emily M ^c   DeVries, Aaron ^d   Fuller, Susan ^d   Harper, Jane ^d   Lynfield, Ruth ^d   High, Patricia ^e   Wendolowski, Joanne ^e   Rudowski, Ellen ^f   Montana, Barbara ^f   Wolf, Bruce ^g   Doyle, Timothy ^g   Efstathiou, Mary ^g   Schaefer, Melissa ^h   Patel, Priti ^h   Erdman, Dean ⁱ   Lu, Xiaoyan ⁱ   Schneider, Eileen ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f New Jersey Dept of Health and Senior Svcs   (United States)

^g Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response   (United States)

^h NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ADENOVIRUSES, HUMAN; AGED; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FLORIDA; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INFANT; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MINNESOTA; NEW JERSEY; OPHTHALMOLOGY;

EID: 84881651887     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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