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epidemic keratoconjunctivitis

[¦ep·ə¦dem·ik ¦ker·əd·ō·kən‚jəŋk·tə′vīd·əs]
(medicine)
Inflammation of the cornea and conjunctiva, caused by a virus; epidemic by nature.
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Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis is the severest ocular disease caused by adenoviruses (3) Ad 8, 9 and 37 are the serotypes most commonly associated with EKC. Ad 8 is the classic cause of EKC and its clinical picture in the prototype of ocular changes induced by adenoviral disease.
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