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An epidemic of picornavirus and adenovirus conjunctivitis.
  1. U C Chaturvedi,
  2. A Mathur,
  3. U K Singh,
  4. A K Kapoor,
  5. R M Mehrotra and
  6. R C Saxena

    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.

    https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.59.8.439

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