Novel Retinal Lesion in Ebola Survivors, Sierra Leone, 2016

Autor: Rahul Dwivedi, Janet T Scott, Foday Sahr, Patrick Komba, Paul J. Steptoe, Craig K. Parkes, Alimamy D Fornah, Fayiah Momorie, Julia M. Baxter, Matthew J. Vandy, Nicholas A. V. Beare, Malcolm G Semple, Jade Richards, Gabriela Czanner
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
Předmět:
Male
retina
Visual acuity
genetic structures
Epidemiology
medicine.medical_treatment
viruses
Visual Acuity
lcsh:Medicine
medicine.disease_cause
Severity of Illness Index
ocular
0302 clinical medicine
Prevalence
030212 general & internal medicine
Survivors
Ophthalmoscopes
virus diseases
sequelae
Ebolavirus
EVD
3. Good health
Infectious Diseases
Population Surveillance
Ebola
Optic nerve
uveitis
Female
medicine.symptom
Microbiology (medical)
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Ebola virus disease
Asymptomatic
History
21st Century
Sierra leone
Sierra Leone
lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases
Lesion
lesion
03 medical and health sciences
Young Adult
neuronal transmission
Cataracts
Retinal Diseases
Ophthalmology
medicine
Humans
lcsh:RC109-216
Ebola virus
business.industry
Research
lcsh:R
Cataract surgery
Hemorrhagic Fever
Ebola
medicine.disease
eye diseases
nervous system
Case-Control Studies
030221 ophthalmology & optometry
sense organs
Novel Retinal Lesion in Ebola Survivors
Sierra Leone
2016
business
Zdroj: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 23, Iss 7, Pp 1102-1109 (2017)
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Emerging Infectious Diseases
ISSN: 1080-6059
1080-6040
Popis: A lesion specific to Ebola virus disease showed an anatomical distribution suggesting neuronal transmission.
We conducted a case–control study in Freetown, Sierra Leone, to investigate ocular signs in Ebola virus disease (EVD) survivors. A total of 82 EVD survivors with ocular symptoms and 105 controls from asymptomatic civilian and military personnel and symptomatic eye clinic attendees underwent ophthalmic examination, including widefield retinal imaging. Snellen visual acuity was
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