Adenovirus urethritis and concurrent conjunctivitis: A case series and review of the literature

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 87-90

  Liddle, Olivia Louise ^a   Samuel, Mannampallil Itty ^a   Sudhanva, Malur ^a   Ellis, Joanna ^b   Taylor, Chris ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRIDAE; ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DNA COLLECTOR; HUMAN; ORAL SEX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROTYPE; SEXUAL PRACTICE; URETHRITIS; ADENOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS C; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ADENOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ADENOVIRUSES, HUMAN; ADULT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; URETHRITIS;

EID: 84923994831     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2014-051868     Document Type: Review

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