Acute Hemorrhagic Conjunctivitis and Coxsackievirus A24v, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2004

Acute Hemorrhagic Conjunctivitis and Coxsackievirus A24v, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2004

An outbreak of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis (AHC) occurred in Rio de Janeiro in 2004. Coxsackievirus A24v (CA24v) was identified as the etiologic agent, and partial sequences from the VP1 gene show that the isolates are closely related to CA24v viruses that previously caused AHC epidemics in Sou...

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Main Authors: Fernando N. Tavares, Eliane V. Costa, Silas S. Oliveira, Cecilia C.A. Nicolai, Meri Baran, Edson E. da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis
Coxsackievirus A24v
Enterovirus
Phylogenetic analysis
Brazil
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/3/05-1173_article

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