Acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis epidemic in São Paulo State, Brazil, 2011

• Main Authors: Norma H. Medina (Author), Emilio Haro-Muñoz (Author), Alessandra Cristina Pellini (Author), Braulio C. Machado (Author), Denise H. Russo (Author), Maria do Carmo Timenetsky (Author), Rita de Cássia C. Carmona (Author)
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• Published: Pan American Health Organization.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT Acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis (AHC) infection is highly contagious and can lead to explosive epidemics. In early February 2011, the Center for Epidemiologic Surveillance of the State of São Paulo Health Secretariat (SES-SP) in Brazil received reports of conjunctivitis outbreaks from rur...