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Molecular Characterization and Phylogenetic Study of Coxsackievirus A24v Causing Outbreaks of Acute Hemorrhagic Conjunctivitis (AHC) in Brazil

BACKGROUND: Coxsackievirus A24 variant (CA24v) is the most prevalent viral pathogen associated with acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis (AHC) outbreaks. Sixteen years after its first outbreak in Brazil, this agent reemerged in 2003 in Brazil, spread to nearly all states and caused outbreaks until 2005....

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Autores principales: Tavares, Fernando Neto, Campos, Renata de Mendonça, Burlandy, Fernanda Marcicano, Fontella, Rachel, de Melo, Maria Mabel Monte, da Costa, Eliane Veiga, da Silva, Edson Elias
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3156732/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21858030
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0023206