| an outbreak of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis (ahc) caused by coxsackievirus a24 variant in pakistan. | acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis (ahc) is a self-limiting viral infection of the eyes but having epidemic potential. in winter 2004-2005, an outbreak of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis (ahc) occurred in islamabad, pakistan. the etiological agent was confirmed as coxsackievirus a24 variant (ca24v) by virus isolation and sequencing of a part of the vp1/vp3 gene. phylogenetic analysis in vp1 region showed that pakistan isolates has closest matches both in asia and europe while in vp1/vp3 region th ... | 2008 | 18638510 |