| immunofluorescence test for the epidemiological monitoring of acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis cases. | an epidemic of acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis (ahc) occurred in and around chandigarh, north india, during june, july and august 1981. considering the difficulty of virus isolation, the indirect immunofluorescence test was used for the demonstration of virus-specific antigen in the cytoplasm of exfoliated conjunctival cells, using reference antisera. the epidemic appeared to be primarily due to enterovirus type 70. the method was found suitable for the rapid diagnosis of ahc cases and for det ... | 1983 | 6309424 |