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Minor epidemics of conjunctivitis occur throughout the world. In I97I a large-scale epidemic of acute conjunctivitis swept this part of India with alarming rapidity, affecting innumerable people from all walks of life and with all levels of personal hygiene. Non- medical people started calling it by a nickname "Jai-Bangla".
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