DISEASE: Acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis

Entry

H01421                      Disease

Name

Acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis

Supergrp

Enterovirus infection [DS:H00393]

Description

Acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis (AHC) is a highly contagious viral conjunctivitis first observed in 1969 in Ghana. Causative agents thus far identified are enterovirus 70 and coxsackievirus A24 variant in the genus Enterovirus, the family Picornaviridae of +ssRNA viruses.

Category

Infectious disease

Brite

Infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
  Infections caused by +ssRNA viruses
   H01421  Acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
  Certain other viral diseases
   1D84  Viral conjunctivitis
    H01421  Acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis

Pathogen

Human enterovirus 70 [GN:T40334]
Human coxsackievirus A24 [GN:T40332]

Other DBs

ICD-11:

1D84.1

ICD-10:

B30.3

MeSH:

D003232

Reference

PMID:16287683

Authors

Palacios G, Oberste MS

Title

Enteroviruses as agents of emerging infectious diseases.

Journal

J Neurovirol 11:424-33 (2005)
DOI:10.1080/13550280591002531

Reference

PMID:16704792

Authors

Tavares FN, Costa EV, Oliveira SS, Nicolai CC, Baran M, da Silva EE

Title

Acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis and coxsackievirus A24v, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2004.

Journal

Emerg Infect Dis 12:495-7 (2006)
DOI:10.3201/eid1205.051173

Reference

PMID:12967504

Authors

Oh MD, Park S, Choi Y, Kim H, Lee K, Park W, Yoo Y, Kim EC, Choe K

Title

Acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis caused by coxsackievirus A24 variant, South Korea, 2002.

Journal

Emerg Infect Dis 9:1010-2 (2003)
DOI:10.3201/eid0908.030190

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