Multiple outbreaks of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis due to a variant of coxsackievirus A24: Guangdong, China, 2007

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1762-1768

  Wu, De ^a   Ke, Chang Wen ^a   Mo, Yan Ling ^a   Sun, Li Mei ^a   Li, Hui ^a   Chen, Qiu Xia ^a   Zou, Li Rong ^a   Fang, Ling ^a   Huang, Ping ^a   Zhen, Huan Ying ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

AHC; CA24v; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; COXSACKIE VIRUS A; COXSACKIE VIRUS A24; ENTEROVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HEMORRHAGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CELL LINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC; COXSACKIEVIRUS INFECTIONS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROVIRUS C, HUMAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRAL PROTEINS;

COXSACKIEVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS; HUMAN ENTEROVIRUS 70;

EID: 50849134208     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21288     Document Type: Article

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