A correlation between the weather and the incidence of ocular adenovirus infections

Cyclical changes in the frequency of adenovirus isolation from patients with non-epidemic conjunctivitis were shown to correlate with monthly total hours of sunshine. Sunlight may predispose to clinical infection eyes already contaminated with adenovirus.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Archives of virology 1986-01, Vol.91 (3-4), p.367-373
Hauptverfasser:	YIRRELL, D. L, DARVILLE, J. M, ARMSTRONG, A. G, IRISH, M. J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adenoviridae Infections - epidemiology Adenovirus Infections, Human - epidemiology Adenoviruses, Human - isolation & purification Biological and medical sciences Conjunctivitis, Viral - epidemiology Human viral diseases Humans Infectious diseases Medical sciences Statistics as Topic Sunlight Viral diseases Viral diseases with cutaneous or mucosal lesions and viral diseases of the eye Weather
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Zusammenfassung:	Cyclical changes in the frequency of adenovirus isolation from patients with non-epidemic conjunctivitis were shown to correlate with monthly total hours of sunshine. Sunlight may predispose to clinical infection eyes already contaminated with adenovirus.
ISSN:	0304-8608 1432-8798
DOI:	10.1007/BF01314295