Rapid identification of the coxsackievirus A24 variant by molecular serotyping in an outbreak of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1069-1071

  Park, Sang Won ^a,b   Lee, Chang Seop ^b   Jang, Hee Chang ^b   Kim, Eui Chong ^b   Oh, Myoung Don ^b   Choe, Kang Won ^b  

^a Dankook University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXSACKIE VIRUS A; ENTEROVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; HEMORRHAGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROVIRUS C, HUMAN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING;

COXSACKIEVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS;

EID: 14944349269     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.3.1069-1071.2005     Document Type: Article

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