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. 1975 Aug;59(8):439-43.
doi: 10.1136/bjo.59.8.439.

An epidemic of picornavirus and adenovirus conjunctivitis

U C Chaturvedi, A Mathur, U K Singh, A K Kapoor, R M Mehrotra, R C Saxena

An epidemic of picornavirus and adenovirus conjunctivitis

U C Chaturvedi et al. Br J Ophthalmol. 1975 Aug.

Abstract

A pandemic of acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis occurred in south-east Asia during 1970 and 1971, and became epidemic in Lucknow in May 1971. From the conjunctival swabs adenovirus-like agents were isolated in monkey kidney tissue culture; one was typed as adenovirus 2. In paired sera rising antibody titres were found against an adeno-like agent isolated and the picornavirus (EC2/71) isolated in Singapore. The epidemics in south-east Asia were caused by a picornavirus while in Lucknow both adenovirus and picornavirus appeared to be implicated.

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