KEGG   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
Viral infectious disease
Brite
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
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
 Viral infections
  Infections caused by +ssRNA viruses
   H01421  Acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis
Infectious diseases by law in Japan [br08406.html]
 H01421
Pathogen
Human enterovirus 70 [GN:T40334]
Human coxsackievirus A24 [GN:T40332]
Other DBs
ICD-11: 1D84.1
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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