Isolation of a virus responsible for an outbreak of acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis in Morocco.
An epidemic of acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis occurred in Morocco in 1970-1. It was caused by an enterovirus which appeared to be a new antigenic type similar to a virus isolated in South East Asia during the same period.
D000818:Animals; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002417:Cattle; D003231:Conjunctivitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004770:Enterovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000882:Haplorhini; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009018:Morocco