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 tha...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2003-08, Vol.9 (8), p.1010-1012
Hauptverfasser:	Oh, Myoung-don, Park, Sangwon, Choi, Youngju, Kim, Hongbin, Lee, Kiduk, Park, Wanbum, Yoo, Youngae, Kim, Eui-Chong, Choe, Kangwon
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis Communicable Diseases, Emerging - epidemiology Communicable Diseases, Emerging - virology Conjunctivitis Conjunctivitis, Acute Hemorrhagic - epidemiology Conjunctivitis, Acute Hemorrhagic - virology Coxsackievirus coxsackievirus A24 variant Coxsackievirus Infections - epidemiology Coxsackievirus Infections - virology Disease Outbreaks Dispatch Enterovirus C, Human - classification Enterovirus C, Human - isolation & purification Humans Korea - epidemiology Phylogeny Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction South Korea
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid0908.030190