Study on some biological and antigenic characteristics of CA24v isolates in Taiwan in 1985-1989.
In order to understand the relationship between the CA24v isolates which caused two epidemics of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis (AHC) in 1985-1986 and 1988-1989 in Taiwan, biological and antigenic characteristics were studied with four CA24v strains, L077/85, V116/86, 590/88 and 722/89, which were isolated during the epidemics. The prototype strain, EH24/70, was used for comparison. In terms of cross neutralization, kinetic neutralization, plaque assay and protein electrophoresis, no obvious differences were found between the isolates from the two epidemics though differences were found between these isolates and the prototype.
Lin
K H
KH
Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kaohsiung Medical College, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Sheu
M M
MM
Wang
H L
HL
Huang
W L
WL
Chen
C W
CW
Yang
C S
CS
D003232:Conjunctivitis, Acute Hemorrhagic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D003384:Coxsackievirus Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D004770:Enterovirus / Q000254:growth & development / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology; D013997:Time Factors