- Bountogo, Mamadou;
- Group, on behalf of the SCORPIO Study;
- 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
Background
Seasonal and epidemic conjunctivitis (pink eye) infections are highly contagious and impose a significant economic burden worldwide. Long-term visual impairment can occur.Methods
This study used metagenomic deep sequencing to evaluate pathogens causing acute infectious conjunctivitis in Burkina Faso.Results
We found that pathogens causing conjunctivitis in Burkina Faso are diverse, with human adenoviruses responsible for a small fraction of the samples tested.Conclusions
These results are unexpected and suggest the importance of regional surveillance.