title: Acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis caused by coxsackievirus A24 variant, South Korea, 2002.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Myoung-don
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Sangwon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Youngju
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Hongbin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kiduk
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Wanbum
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Youngae
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Eui-Chong
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kangwon
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Choe
mesh_terms: 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