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Volume 348:2577-2578 June 19, 2003 Number 25
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The Outbreak of Conjunctivitis at Dartmouth

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To the Editor: Martin et al. (March 20 issue)1 and, in her Perspective article, Zuger2 correctly observe that the "wired" Dartmouth campus provided effective electronic means of collecting data that might have helped contain the outbreak of conjunctivitis in early 2002. The infection spread rapidly among students, whereas health center staff members were spared. In fact, the omnipresent computers on campus may have been an important risk factor for infection among the students. The Dartmouth campus has terminals and keyboards in all well-traveled areas, including the dining halls. Most Dartmouth students (I was a member of the class of 2002) . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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