More symptoms with sialic receptor-positive adenovirus in epidemic keratoconjunctivitis

Acta Ophthalmol. 2016 Aug;94(5):e375-6. doi: 10.1111/aos.12892. Epub 2015 Nov 2.

Authors

Madeleine Dahl¹, Erik Gerhardsson², Pierre Lafolie³, Annika Allard⁴, Carl-Gustaf Laurell¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Ophtalmology and Vision, Karolinska Institutet, St. Erik Eye Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
² Emergency Department, St. Erik Eye Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
³ Unit of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine - Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁴ Laboratory Medicine Department of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital of Northern Sweden, Umeå, Sweden.

PMID: 26523611
DOI: 10.1111/aos.12892

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adenoviridae Infections / diagnosis*
Adenoviridae Infections / virology
Adenoviruses, Human / metabolism*
Eye Infections, Viral / diagnosis*
Eye Infections, Viral / virology
Humans
Keratoconjunctivitis / diagnosis*
Keratoconjunctivitis / virology
Receptors, Cell Surface / metabolism*
Viral Load

Substances

Receptors, Cell Surface
sialic acid receptor