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1 October 2006

Volume 43, Number 7
Clinical Infectious Diseases 2006;43:e64–e66
1058-4838/2006/4307-00E1$15.00
DOI: 10.1086/507533
BRIEF REPORT

An Outbreak of Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis Caused by a New Intermediate Adenovirus 22/H8 Identified by Molecular Typing

Ilka Engelmann,

Ijad Madisch,

Heidi Pommer, and

Albert Heim

Institut für Virologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany

In a 4‐week period, 12 patients contracted adenoviral keratoconjunctivitis. Eight of these patients had visited the same ophthalmologist’s practice before onset of symptoms. Adenovirus was detected in swab specimens obtained from 9 patients. Sequence‐based typing of 2 isolates revealed type 22/H8. This is, to our knowledge, the first report of a keratoconjunctivitis outbreak caused by an intermediate adenovirus type 22/H8.

Received 20 February 2006; accepted 8 June 2006; electronically published 24 August 2006.

Reprints or correspondence: Dr. Albert Heim, Institut für Virologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl‐Neuberg‐Str. 1, D‐30625, Hannover, Germany ().

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Online publication date: 1-Jul-2009.
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