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[Fruit of the emergence of an enterovirus: acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis].
Annales de biologie clinique - 1 Jan 2000
Sane F, Sauter P, Fronval S, Goffard A, Dewilde A, Hober D
Abstract excerpt
First seen in Ghana and Indonesia in the early 70's, acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis or "Apollo 11" disease is an eye infection caused by Enterovirus type 70 (EV70). The disease appeared to be a highly contagious conjunctivitis which spread rapidly all over the world. EV70 has been considered as an emerging virus and was classified as a new Enterovirus. No human or animal virus genetically similar to EV70 was...
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