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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 08 1997, 2145-2149, Vol 35, No. 8
Copyright © 1997 by the American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Identification of a new strain of fastidious enterovirus 70 as the causative agent of an outbreak of hemorrhagic conjunctivitis

LM Shulman, Y Manor, R Azar, R Handsher, A Vonsover, E Mendelson, S Rothman, D Hassin, T Halmut, B Abramovitz and N Varsano
Central Virology Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel. cvlsheba@netvision.net.il

A 1994 outbreak of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis in Israel was caused by an enterovirus 70 strain that was distinct from previously reported 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.

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