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. 1986;91(3-4):367-73.
doi: 10.1007/BF01314295.

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

D L Yirrell, J M Darville, A G Armstrong, M J Irish

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

D L Yirrell et al. Arch Virol. 1986.

Abstract

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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