Publications

[presence of neutralizing antibodies against coxsackie virus and echoviruses 9,11 and 12 in subjects of accra (ghana)].		1968	5715929
epidemic acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis due to coxsackie virus a24 variant in ghana.	an outbreak of acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis (ahc) occurred in accra, ghana, reaching a peak in july 1987. individuals ranging from infants to adults over 50 years were infected, with those between 20 and 30 years being the most affected group. there was a female preponderance. clinical features included conjunctivitis, subconjunctival haemorrhage and ocular pain. some patients reported of blurred vision due to mild keratitis. isolation of virus from clinical specimens of ahc patients was su ...	1990	1964635
a study of the evolution of coxsackievirus a24 variant in ghana by viral rna fingerprinting analysis.	an epidemic of acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis (ahc) caused by coxsackievirus a24 variant (ca24v) was reported in accra, ghana in may 1987. we studied 7 of the viral strains collected from may to november, 1987, by rna genome fingerprinting. pairwise comparisons of the oligonucleotide maps showed that genetic similarity among them ranged from between 60.0 to 84.7%. using base sequence variations deduced from genetic similarity among the isolates, isolation time of the strains and the rate of n ...	1991	2052752