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rdf:type |
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lifeskim:mentions |
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pubmed:issue |
5
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1977-12-29
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pubmed:abstractText |
During the summer of 1975 an ongoing outbreak of conjunctivitis occurred among Vietnamese refugees temporarily housed at a U.S. mainland camp. Twenty-two per cent of surveyed refugees gave a history of the disease and 10% were documented as having clinical conjunctivitis at the time of the survey. Fifty-six per cent of documented cases were in children less than 10 years of age. The attack rate among American camp personnel was 4%. Comprehensive microbiologic analysis revealed multiple potential pathogens in most cases, but the recovery of adenovirus 8 (AV8) in 81% of cases cultured within two weeks of onset implicated AV8 as the principal cause of the epidemic.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal |
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pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical |
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Nov
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pubmed:issn |
0002-9262
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pubmed:author |
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pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
106
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
399-407
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:200140-Adenoviridae Infections,
pubmed-meshheading:200140-Adenovirus Infections, Human,
pubmed-meshheading:200140-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:200140-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:200140-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:200140-Antibodies, Viral,
pubmed-meshheading:200140-Child,
pubmed-meshheading:200140-Child, Preschool,
pubmed-meshheading:200140-Disease Outbreaks,
pubmed-meshheading:200140-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:200140-Florida,
pubmed-meshheading:200140-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:200140-Infant,
pubmed-meshheading:200140-Keratoconjunctivitis,
pubmed-meshheading:200140-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:200140-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:200140-Refugees,
pubmed-meshheading:200140-Vietnam
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pubmed:year |
1977
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis at a Vietnamese refugee camp in Florida.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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