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[Molecular Identification and Phylogenetic Analyses of Coxsackievirus A24v Causing an Outbreak of Acute Hemorrhagic Conjunctivitis in Jiangxi, China, in 2010].
Bing du xue bao = Chinese journal of virology - 1 May 2015
Yan Dongmei, Xiong Ying, Zhang Yang, Yang Qiai, Zhang Shuxia, Gong Tian, Zhu Tian, Wang Donavan, Zhu Hui, Xu Wenbo
Abstract excerpt
To identify the cause of an outbreak of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis (AHC) in Jiangxi (China) in 2010, 20 eye conjunctival swabs were first collected from AHC patients. Then, viruses were isola- ted and tested for human enterovirus 70, coxsackievirus A24 variant (CV-A24v) and adenovirus using the polymerase chain reaction. All CV-A24v isolates underwent sequencing of 3C and VP1 coding regions. Then, a...
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