Acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis due to enterovirus 70 in India

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Maitreyi, RS [1 ]
Dar, L [1 ]
Muthukumar, A [1 ]
Vajpayee, M [1 ]
Xess, I [1 ]
Vajpayee, RB [1 ]
Seth, P [1 ]
Broor, S [1 ]
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[1] All India Inst Med Sci, Dept Microbiol, New Delhi 110029, India
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10.3201/eid0502.990212
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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An outbreak of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis occurred in Delhi, India, during August and September 1996. The etiologic agent was confirmed as enterovirus type 70 by a modified centrifugation-enhanced culture method followed by immunofluorescence and neutralization tests. After nearly a decade, this virus is reemerging as a cause of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis in India.
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