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Adenovirus
Research from A.A. Dosso and co-authors provides new data about adenovirus
May 27th, 2008
In this recent study, researchers in Geneva, Switzerland conducted a study "To describe, by in vivo confocal microscopy, the structural changes occurring during the course of adenovirus epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC), from the onset of the disease up to 24 weeks of follow-up. Eight patients (age, 8-57 years) with clinical evidence of EKC were examined and photographed in vivo with a Heidelberg Retina Tomograph 11, Rostock Cornea Module." "At I week, confocal microscopy revealed clusters of hyperreflective cells in the basal epithelial cell layer. In these sites, we observed subepithelial accumulations of dendritic cells, located mainly at the level of the Bowman...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-05-27)
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