Molecular and immunocytochemical identification of coxsackievirus A-24 variant from the acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis outbreak in Taiwan in 2007

Eye

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 131-136

  Kuo, P C ^a   Lin, J Y S ^b   Chen, L C ^c   Fang, Y T ^c   Cheng, Y C ^c   Wu, H Y ^c   Tsai, C Y ^c   Chen, Y S ^c   Lin, S Y ^c   Wu, C L ^b   Ling, Q D ^b,c  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CATHAY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis; Coxsackievirus A24 variant; Indirect immunofluorescence assay; Real time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; COXSACKIE VIRUS A; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFANT; INOCULATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECTUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; TAIWAN; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 75449110929     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2009.8     Document Type: Article

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