Acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis caused by coxsackievirus A24 variant, South Korea, 2002.
In summer 2002, a nationwide outbreak of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis occurred in South Korea. The etiologic agent was confirmed as coxsackievirus A24 variant (CA24v) by virus isolation and sequencing of a part of the VP1 gene. Phylogentic analysis, based on the protease 3C sequences, showed that the Korean isolates were clustered into a lineage distinct from the CA24v isolates reported in previous outbreaks in Asia.
Oh
Myoung-don
MD
Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Park
Sangwon
S
Choi
Youngju
Y
Kim
Hongbin
H
Lee
Kiduk
K
Park
Wanbum
W
Yoo
Youngae
Y
Kim
Eui-Chong
EC
Choe
Kangwon
K
D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D003232:Conjunctivitis, Acute Hemorrhagic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D003384:Coxsackievirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D030015:Enterovirus C, Human / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction