Outbreak of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis caused by human adenovirus type 56, China, 2012

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Huang, Guohong ^a,d   Yao, Wenqing ^b   Yu, Wei ^b   Mao, Lingling ^b   Sun, Haibo ^b   Yao, Wei ^c   Tian, Jiang ^b   Wang, Ling ^b   Bo, Zhijian ^c   Zhu, Zhen ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   Zhao, Zhuo ^b   Xu, Wenbo ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b Liaoning Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c Dalian Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORKER; ADOLESCENT; GENETICS; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS C; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TUMOR CELL LINE; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

HUMAN ADENOVIRUS;

ADENOVIRUSES, HUMAN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENOME, VIRAL; HUMANS; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; PHYLOGENY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908428861     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110781     Document Type: Article

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