| outbreak of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis in maharashtra and gujarat states of india, caused by coxsackie virus a-24 variant. | acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis is associated with enteroviruses. among these, coxsackie a-24 variant (ca-24) and enterovirus-70 (ev-70) are known to cause epidemics and pandemics. an outbreak of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis occurred in august-september 2003 in maharashtra and gujarat states of india. the present investigation was carried out to determine the viral etiological agent associated with the epidemic. virus isolates were obtained from 11 eye swabs of conjunctivitis patients using ... | 2007 | 17457917 |
| detection of mef-1 laboratory reference strain of poliovirus type 2 in children with poliomyelitis in india in 2002 & 2003. | significant progress has been made towards eradication of poliomyelitis in india. surveillance for acute flaccid paralysis (afp) has reached high standards. among the 3 types of polioviruses, type 2 had been eliminated in india and eradicated globally as of october 1999. however, we isolated wild poliovirus type 2 from a small number of polio cases in northern india in 2000 and again during december 2002 to february 2003. using molecular tools the origin, of the wild type 2 poliovirus was invest ... | 2003 | 14870793 |