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Isolation of Coxsackievirus A24 variant from patients with hemorrhagic conjunctivitis in Cuba, 2008-2009.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Jan 2012
Fonseca Magilé C, Sarmiento Luis, Resik Sonia, Pereda Niurka, Rodríguez Hermis, Kourí Vivian, Martínez Pedro Ariel, Piñón Alexander, Limonta Daniel, Más Pedro, Hung Lai Heng
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BACKGROUND: An outbreak of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis occurred in Cuba in 2008 and 2009. OBJECTIVE: To determinate the etiological agent associated with the Cuban outbreaks of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis during 2008 and 2009. STUDY DESIGN: Conjunctival swabs and/or faecal samples from 382 patients with clinical diagnosis suggestive of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis were subject to viral culture in...
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