Five Cases of Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis Due to Human Adenovirus Type 85 in Fukushima, Japan

Jpn J Infect Dis. 2020 Jul 22;73(4):316-319. doi: 10.7883/yoken.JJID.2020.034. Epub 2020 Apr 30.

Authors

Hisatoshi Kaneko^{1

2}, Nozomu Hanaoka³, Masami Konagaya³, Masaaki Kobayashi⁴, Hisashi Nakagawa⁵, Hiroshi Hatano⁶, Kazufumi Ikuta⁷, Tetsuju Sekiryu¹, Tsuguto Fujimoto³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Japan.
² Hobara Eye clinic, Japan.
³ Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan.
⁴ Kobayashi Pediatric Clinic, Japan.
⁵ Tokushima Eye Clinic, Japan.
⁶ Hatano Eye Clinic, Japan.
⁷ Division of Microbiology, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan.

PMID: 32350223
DOI: 10.7883/yoken.JJID.2020.034

No abstract available

Keywords: epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC); human adenovirus type 85; new genotype.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adenoviruses, Human / genetics
Adenoviruses, Human / isolation & purification*
Adult
Community-Acquired Infections / epidemiology
Community-Acquired Infections / virology*
Databases, Nucleic Acid
Disease Outbreaks
Female
Humans
Japan / epidemiology
Keratoconjunctivitis / diagnosis*
Keratoconjunctivitis / epidemiology*
Keratoconjunctivitis / genetics
Male
Middle Aged
Polymerase Chain Reaction