Acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis and coxsackievirus A24v, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2004.
An outbreak of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis (AHC) occurred in Rio de Janeiro in 2004. Coxsackievirus A24v (CA24v) was identified as the etiologic agent, and partial sequences from the VP1 gene show that the isolates are closely related to CA24v viruses that previously caused AHC epidemics in South Korea and French Guiana.
Tavares
Fernando N
FN
Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Costa
Eliane V
EV
Oliveira
Silas S
SS
Nicolai
Cecilia C A
CC
Baran
Meri
M
da Silva
Edson E
EE
D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003232:Conjunctivitis, Acute Hemorrhagic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D030015:Enterovirus C, Human / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D010802:Phylogeny