Erratum: Two outbreaks of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis in Africa due to genotype III coxsackievirus variant A24 (European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases DOI: 10.1007/s10096-007-0265-9);Two outbreaks of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis in Africa due to genotype III coxsackievirus A24 variant

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 199-202

  Leveque N ^a,b   Amine, I L ^c   Cartet, G ^a,b   Hammani, A B ^d   Khazraji, Y C ^e   Lina, B ^a,b   Muyembe, J J ^f   Norder, H ^g   Chomel, J J ^a,b  

^a EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c Military   (Morocco)

^d IBN SINA HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

^e Ministry of Health Morocco   (Morocco)

^f Institut National de Recherche Bio Medicale   (Congo)

^g SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXSACKIE VIRUS; COXSACKIE VIRUS A; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; ENTEROVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HEMORRHAGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 34248140716     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-007-0296-2     Document Type: Erratum

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