Deep sequencing analysis of acute conjunctivitis in Burkina Faso, Africa

Seasonal and epidemic conjunctivitis (pink eye) infections are highly contagious and impose a significant economic burden worldwide. Long-term visual impairment can occur. This study used metagenomic deep sequencing to evaluate pathogens causing acute infectious conjunctivitis in Burkina Faso. We fo...

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Published inInternational health Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 101 - 103
Main Authors Bountogo, Mamadou, Sié, Ali, Coulibaly, Boubacar, Ruder, Kevin, Chen, Cindi, Zhong, Lina, Colby, Emily, Lebas, Elodie, Deiner, Michael, Hinterwirth, Armin, Lietman, Thomas M, Seitzman, Gerami D, Doan, Thuy
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Oxford University Press 03.01.2023
Subjects
Acute Disease
Burkina Faso - epidemiology
Conjunctivitis - epidemiology
Epidemics
High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
Humans
Short Communication
Burkina Faso
human adenovirus
Burkina Faso
SCORPIO Study Group
epidemics
acute conjunctivitis
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Summary:Seasonal and epidemic conjunctivitis (pink eye) infections are highly contagious and impose a significant economic burden worldwide. Long-term visual impairment can occur. This study used metagenomic deep sequencing to evaluate pathogens causing acute infectious conjunctivitis in Burkina Faso. We found that pathogens causing conjunctivitis in Burkina Faso are diverse, with human adenoviruses responsible for a small fraction of the samples tested. These results are unexpected and suggest the importance of regional surveillance.
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ISSN:1876-3413
1876-3405
DOI:10.1093/inthealth/ihac001