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Research Article

Prevention and control of epidemic kerato-conjunctivitis in a teaching eye institute

D. John Gottsch Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute and
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W. John Froggatt III Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute and; Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine;
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M. Dorothy Smith Department of Infection Control, Johns Hopkins Hospital; and
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M. Diane Dwyer Epidemiology and Disease Control Program, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene,Baltimore, Maryland.
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Penny Borenstein Epidemiology and Disease Control Program, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene,Baltimore, Maryland.
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V. Lynne Karanfil Department of Infection Control, Johns Hopkins Hospital; and
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Susan Vitale Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute and
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F. Morton Goldberg Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute and
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Pages 29-39 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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