| Literature DB >> 31769017 |
Ashrafali Mohamed Ismail1, Xiaohong Zhou1, David W Dyer2, Donald Seto3, Jaya Rajaiya1, James Chodosh1.
Abstract
Human adenovirus commonly causes infections of respiratory, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, and ocular surface mucosae. Although most adenovirus eye infections are mild and self-limited, specific viruses within human adenovirus species D are associated with epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC), a severe and highly contagious ocular surface infection, which can lead to chronic and/or recurrent, visually disabling keratitis. In this review, we discuss the links between adenovirus ontogeny, genomics, immune responses, and corneal pathogenesis, for those viruses that cause EKC.Entities:
Keywords: conjunctivitis; epidemic keratoconjunctivitis; genomics; homologous recombination; human adenovirus; inflammation; ocular infection; pink eye; tropism; virus evolution
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Year: 2019 PMID: 31769017 PMCID: PMC7185199 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.13693
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEBS Lett ISSN: 0014-5793 Impact factor: 4.124