TY - JOUR
AU - Mamadou Bountogo
AU - Ali Sie
AU - Boubacar Coulibaly
AU - Kevin Ruder
AU - Cindi Chen
AU - Lina Zhong
AU - Emily Colby
AU - Elodie Lebas
AU - Michael Deiner
AU - Armin Hinterwirth
AU - Thomas Lietman
AU - Gerami Seitzman
AU - Thuy Doan
AB - <p><b>BACKGROUND: </b>Seasonal and epidemic conjunctivitis (pink eye) infections are highly contagious and impose a significant economic burden worldwide. Long-term visual impairment can occur.</p>

<p><b>METHODS: </b>This study used metagenomic deep sequencing to evaluate pathogens causing acute infectious conjunctivitis in Burkina Faso.</p>

<p><b>RESULTS: </b>We found that pathogens causing conjunctivitis in Burkina Faso are diverse, with human adenoviruses responsible for a small fraction of the samples tested.</p>

<p><b>CONCLUSIONS: </b>These results are unexpected and suggest the importance of regional surveillance.</p>

BT - Int Health
DA - 2022 Jan 24
DO - 10.1093/inthealth/ihac001
J2 - Int Health
LA - eng
N2 - <p><b>BACKGROUND: </b>Seasonal and epidemic conjunctivitis (pink eye) infections are highly contagious and impose a significant economic burden worldwide. Long-term visual impairment can occur.</p>

<p><b>METHODS: </b>This study used metagenomic deep sequencing to evaluate pathogens causing acute infectious conjunctivitis in Burkina Faso.</p>

<p><b>RESULTS: </b>We found that pathogens causing conjunctivitis in Burkina Faso are diverse, with human adenoviruses responsible for a small fraction of the samples tested.</p>

<p><b>CONCLUSIONS: </b>These results are unexpected and suggest the importance of regional surveillance.</p>

PY - 2022
T2 - Int Health
TI - Deep sequencing analysis of acute conjunctivitis in Burkina Faso, Africa.
SN - 1876-3405
ER -