Modelling the transmission dynamics of acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis: application to the 2003 outbreak in Mexico.

An epidemic model for Acute Hemorrhagic Conjunctivitis: Application to a 2003 outbreak in Mexico

We use a simple epidemic model that includes susceptible, infectious, reported, and recovered classes to model an outbreak of Acute Hemorrhagic Conjunctivitis (AHC). Our model considers the impact of under-reporting and behavior changes on the transmission rate and is applied to a recent epidemic of Acute Hemorrhagic Conjunctivitis in Mexico. Model parameters are estimated from a fit to the cum...

2012 outbreak of acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis in Indian Ocean Islands: identification of Coxsackievirus A24 in a returned traveller.

In May 2012, a Coxsackievirus A24 haemorrhagic conjunctivitis was diagnosed in Marseille, France, in a traveller returning from the Comoros Islands. This case allowed identification of the cause of an ongoing outbreak of haemorrhagic conjunctivitis in Indian Ocean Islands, illustrating that returning travellers may serve as sentinels for infectious diseases outbreaks in tropical areas where lab...

Outbreak of acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis in Cuba.

Acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis: an epidemic in August/September 2003.

OBJECTIVE To clinically analyze 400 cases of red eye attending Nepal Eye Hospital in August/ September 2003 and to study the aetiology of the disease on the clinical basis with available laboratory resources. MATERIALS AND METHODS It is a prospective study of 400 cases of acute conjunctivitis visiting Nepal Eye Hospital during the epidemic of acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis in August/Septem...

An enterovirus type 70 epidemic of acute conjunctivitis in peninsular Malaysia, 1980.

Outbreaks of acute viral conjunctivitis due to enteroviruses have been recorded in Malaysia since 1969 when enterovirus type 70 was incriminated for the first time as a cause of acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis (AHC) throughout the world in 1969-71. The pandemic was reported in Africa, Asia (including Malaysia) and England (Mirkovic et al., 1973). The outbreak in Malaysia then was localised to...