IDENTIFICATION OF A NEW STRAIN OF FASTIDIOUS ENTEROVIRUS-70 AS THE CAUSATIVE AGENT OF AN OUTBREAK OF HEMORRHAGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS

Authors
SHULMAN LM MANOR Y AZAR R HANDSHER R VONSOVER A MENDELSON E ROTHMAN S HASSIN D HALMUT T ABRAMOVITZ B VARSANO N
Citation
Lm. Shulman et al., IDENTIFICATION OF A NEW STRAIN OF FASTIDIOUS ENTEROVIRUS-70 AS THE CAUSATIVE AGENT OF AN OUTBREAK OF HEMORRHAGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS, Journal of clinical microbiology, 35(8), 1997, pp. 2145-2149
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
35
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2145 - 2149
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1997)35:8<2145:IOANSO>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
A 1994 outbreak of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis in Israel was caus ed by an enterovirus 70 strain that was distinct from previously repor ted strains. Characterization was by electron microscopy (eye washes), reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR; eyewash, specimens, eye swabs, and tears), and sequence analysis of RT-PCR-amplified fragments from the 5' noncoding region and VP1.