Role of adenoviruses in viral conjunctivitis

ABSTRACT

To assess the incidence of adenoviruses in viral conjunctivitis, 40 cases diagnosed clinically as viral conjunctivitis were studied. Adenoviruses detection by conjunctival swabing and scraping was done using the indirect immunofluorescent technique. Results have shown that 75% of cases were positive for adenoviruses, and that both types of sampling methods were efficient in detecting the intranuclear viral antigens in the infected conjunctival cells. The peak of adenoviruses conjunctival infection was observed in November, December and January. It is recommended to use the conjunctival swab method for direct detection of adenoviruses in the infected conjunctival cells by indirect immunofluorescent method: