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Outbreak of Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis Caused by Human Adenovirus Type 56, China, 2012

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  • Guohong Huang
  • Wenqing Yao
  • Wei Yu
  • Lingling Mao
  • Haibo Sun
  • Wei Yao
  • Jiang Tian
  • Ling Wang
  • Zhijian Bo
  • Zhen Zhu
  • Yan Zhang
  • Zhuo Zhao
  • Wenbo Xu

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HAdV-56 is a new recombinant type isolated from epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC) patients and has been sporadically isolated in Japan several times. Here, an outbreak of EKC in the city of Dalian, China involving a large number of workers in two factories was reported; this was the first outbreak of EKC associated with HAdV-56 worldwide.

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  • Guohong Huang & Wenqing Yao & Wei Yu & Lingling Mao & Haibo Sun & Wei Yao & Jiang Tian & Ling Wang & Zhijian Bo & Zhen Zhu & Yan Zhang & Zhuo Zhao & Wenbo Xu, 2014. "Outbreak of Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis Caused by Human Adenovirus Type 56, China, 2012," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(10), pages 1-7, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0110781
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110781
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