An epidemic of acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis caused by enterovirus 70 in Okinawa, Japan, in 1994

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 237, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 568-572

  Uchio, Eiichi ^a   Yamazaki, Kenji ^b   Ishikawa, Hideo ^c   Matsunaga, Isao ^d   Asato, Yoshimori ^e   Aoki, Koki ^f   Ohno, Shigeaki ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Pref Institute of Health   (Japan)

^c Ishikawa Eye Clinic   (Japan)

^d Matsunaga Eye Clinic   (Japan)

^e Asato Eye Clinic   (Japan)

^f Aoki Eye Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHILD; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; INFANT; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; JAPAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTATE KERATITIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS TRANSFORMATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033053648     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004170050280     Document Type: Article

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