Molecular characterization of a coxsackievirus A24 variant that caused an outbreak of acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis in Spain, 2004

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 323-327

  Cabrerizo, Maria ^a   Echevarria, Juan E ^a   Otero, Almudena ^a   Lucas, Paloma ^a   Trallero, Gloria ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Enterovirus; Molecular typing; Phylogenetic analysis; VP1 gene

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; COXSACKIE VIRUS; CYTOLOGY; ENTEROVIRUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEMORRHAGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; HUMAN; KOREA; MOLECULAR TYPING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SPAIN; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC; COXSACKIEVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROVIRUS C, HUMAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPAIN;

EID: 53649093321     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2008.07.017     Document Type: Article

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