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.
MeSH Number(s)
C02.325.250.250
C02.782.687.359.201
C02.782.687.359.213.165
C11.187.183.240.216
C11.294.800.250.250
Concept/Terms
Conjunctivitis, Acute Hemorrhagic- Conjunctivitis, Acute Hemorrhagic
- Acute Hemorrhagic Conjunctivitides
- Acute Hemorrhagic Conjunctivitis
- Conjunctivitides, Acute Hemorrhagic
- Hemorrhagic Conjunctivitides, Acute
- Hemorrhagic Conjunctivitis, Acute
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Conjunctivitis, Acute Hemorrhagic".
- Diseases [C]
- Virus Diseases [C02]
- Eye Infections, Viral [C02.325]
- Conjunctivitis, Viral [C02.325.250]
- Conjunctivitis, Acute Hemorrhagic [C02.325.250.250]
- RNA Virus Infections [C02.782]
- Picornaviridae Infections [C02.782.687]
- Enterovirus Infections [C02.782.687.359]
- Conjunctivitis, Acute Hemorrhagic [C02.782.687.359.201]
- Coxsackievirus Infections [C02.782.687.359.213]
- Conjunctivitis, Acute Hemorrhagic [C02.782.687.359.213.165]
- Eye Diseases [C11]
- Conjunctival Diseases [C11.187]
- Conjunctivitis [C11.187.183]
- Conjunctivitis, Viral [C11.187.183.240]
- Conjunctivitis, Acute Hemorrhagic [C11.187.183.240.216]
- Eye Infections [C11.294]
- Eye Infections, Viral [C11.294.800]
- Conjunctivitis, Viral [C11.294.800.250]
- Conjunctivitis, Acute Hemorrhagic [C11.294.800.250.250]
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Conjunctivitis, Acute Hemorrhagic".
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Conjunctivitis, Acute Hemorrhagic" by people in Profiles.
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Rapid identification of the coxsackievirus A24 variant by molecular serotyping in an outbreak of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis. J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Mar; 43(3):1069-71.