Conjunctivitis, Acute Hemorrhagic
"Conjunctivitis, Acute Hemorrhagic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A highly contagious disease characterized by subconjunctival hemorrhage, sudden swelling of the eyelids and congestion, redness, and pain in the eye. Epidemic conjunctivitis caused by Enterovirus 70 (EV-70) was first described in Africa in 1969. It is caused also by Coxsackievirus A24 variant (CA24v). Epidemics by this organism have appeared most frequently in Asia.
| Descriptor ID |
D003232
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C02.325.250.250 C02.782.687.359.201 C11.187.183.240.216 C11.294.800.250.250
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| Concept/Terms |
Conjunctivitis, Acute Hemorrhagic- Conjunctivitis, Acute Hemorrhagic
- Acute Hemorrhagic Conjunctivitides
- Acute Hemorrhagic Conjunctivitis
- Conjunctivitides, Acute Hemorrhagic
- Hemorrhagic Conjunctivitides, Acute
- Hemorrhagic Conjunctivitis, Acute
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Role of enhanced receptor engagement in the evolution of a pandemic acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis virus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 01 09; 115(2):397-402.