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INVESTIGATION OF EPIDEMIC ACUTE HAEMORRHAGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS IN 1986

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Title: INVESTIGATION OF EPIDEMIC ACUTE HAEMORRHAGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS IN 1986

Authors: Abdul Ghafoor , Sohail Zaidi , Zumra Sami 

Journal: Journal of Pakistan Medical Association

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Publisher: Pakistan Medical Association.

Country: Pakistan

Year: 1988

Volume: 38

Issue: 12

Language: English

Categories
Epidemic (5) Conjunctivitis (5) Medicine (22336) Virology (3577) Ophthalmology (4490)

Abstract

Abstract


An epidemic of acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis (AHC) started in Karachi in July, 1986 and quickly spread to other parts of the country. The epidemic died by the end of September, 1986. The usual clinical picture of acute conjunctivitis was observed, however, haemorrhages were seen in only 3.0% of the cases.
The aetiological agent was identified as a variant of the Coxsackie virus type A 24, which seems to have appeared in this part of the world for the first time

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