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Acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis caused by coxsackievirus A24 variant, South Korea, 2002. (Dispatches).
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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August 1, 2003| Author:
Choe, Kangwon; Choi, Youngju; Kim, Eui-Chong; Kim, Hongbin; Lee, Kiduk; Oh, Myoung-don; Park, Sangwon; Park, Wanbum; Yoo, Youngae
| COPYRIGHT 2003 U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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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.
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