Pharyngoconjunctival Fever

This article is a report on an outbreak of pharyngoconjunctival fever due to Type III virus which occurred in a children's camp during the summer of 1955. The adenopharyngeal conjunctival or group of was isolated in 1952 by Huebner, Rowe, Bell, and others.* They studied surgically removed tonsils and adnoids by tissue culture technique. Through repeated subculturing of these tissues, they were able to unmask a new group of Because of the characteristic tissue culture degenerating effects produced by these micro-organisms, they were originally named adenoid-degenerating agents. This was later renamed adenoidal-pharyngeal-conjunctival viruses or APC viruses. As a result of the work first done in the U. S., investigation has been undertaken along similar lines in other countries. Zaiman and co-workers,5in England, have also been able to isolate this new group of from surgically removed tonsils and adenoids and have noted the presence