Conjunctivitis Epidemiology
Researchers from Institute Pasteur detail new studies and findings in the area of conjunctivitis epidemiology
Published in Health Risk Factor Week, March 20th, 2007
Research findings, "Molecular characterisation of a coxsackievirus A24 that caused an outbreak of acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis, Tunisia 2003," are discussed in a new report. "This study reports the genetic characteristics of coxsackievirus A24 isolates from Tunisia, including a coxsackievirus A24 variant (CVA24v) that caused an outbreak of acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis (AHC) between September and November 2003. The virus genome was detected by PCR from conjunctival swabs obtained from patients with AHC," investigators in Tunisia report.
"Four virus isolates were obtained from PCR-positive samples and were serotyped by sequence analysis of the VP1 and VP4...
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