title: Acute non-haemorrhagic conjunctivitis due to coxsackievirus A24.
abstract: Two cases of acute non-haemorrhagic conjunctivitis due to coxsackievirus A24 (CA24) are described. These are the first Australian isolates. The presentation was as a severe conjunctivitis in otherwise healthy adults who had not travelled outside Australia. The course was of short duration and self-limiting with no long-term sequelae. The isolates could not be neutralised by antiserum prepared against prototype CA24 but were identified by immune electron microscopy and complement fixation.
authors.affiliation: Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Australia.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Cowen
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Marshall
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Leong
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bitsianis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Evered
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Kennett
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001315:Australia; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D003236:Conjunctivitis, Viral / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D003384:Coxsackievirus Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D004770:Enterovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D014773:Virology / Q000379:methods