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SUBMITTER: Lee YC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4454193 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) 20150527
Epidemic viral conjunctivitis is a highly contagious disease that is encountered year-round. The causative agents are mainly adenoviruses and enteroviruses. It occurs most commonly upon infection with subgroup D adenoviruses of types 8, 19, or 37. For common corneal involvement of human adenovirus type 8 epidemic keratoconjunctivitis, full-layer epithelial detachment is rarely seen. Herein, we report three cases of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis during an outbreak which manifested as large cornea ...[more]