Study of an outbreak of epidemic conjunctivitis in Delhi in 1986.
Indian J Pathol Microbiol
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1989 Oct; 32(4): 266-9
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in English
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| ID: sea-75430
ABSTRACT
An epidemic of acute conjunctivitis occurred in Delhi during July-September 1986. The clinical presentation in total of 350 patients were characteristic of acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis (AHC). Bacterial cultures from conjunctival swabs were sterile in 85 out of 105 (80%) patients, virus cultures in Vero and HeLa cells were negative in 30 patients. However, conjunctival scrapes from 20/30 (66.7%) patients showed specific cytoplasmic fluorescence with enterovirus 70 (EV 70) antiserum, suggesting EV 70 to be the etiologic agent of the epidemic.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Conjunctivitis, Acute Hemorrhagic
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Disease Outbreaks
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Adolescent
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Adult
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India
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Pathol Microbiol
Year:
1989
Type:
Article
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