An outbreak of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis (AHC) caused by coxsackievirus A24 variant in Pakistan

Virus Research

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 150-152

  Khan, Anis ^a   Sharif, Salmaan ^a   Shaukat, Shahzad ^a   Khan, Sheraz ^a   Zaidi, Sohail ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis; Coxsackievirus A24 variant; Etiological agent; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN VP1; PROTEIN VP3;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXSACKIE VIRUS A; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMORRHAGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAKISTAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELL LINE; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROVIRUS C, HUMAN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAKISTAN; PHYLOGENY; VIRAL STRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

COXSACKIEVIRUS;

EID: 50049102381     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2008.06.011     Document Type: Article

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