title: Study of an outbreak of epidemic conjunctivitis in Delhi in 1986.
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.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kishore
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Manjunath
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bareja
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Broor
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Seth
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003232:Conjunctivitis, Acute Hemorrhagic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged