Acanthamoeba Keratitis in South India: A Longitudinal Analysis of Epidemics

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 111-115

  Lalitha, Prajna ^a   Lin, Charles C ^b,c   Srinivasan, Muthiah ^a   Mascarenhas, Jeena ^a   Prajna, N Venkatesh ^a   Keenan, Jeremy D ^b,c   McLeod, Stephen D ^b,c   Acharya, Nisha R ^b,c   Lietman, Thomas M ^b,c   Porco, Travis C ^b,c  

^a Aravind Eye Institute   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Cornea; Epidemic; India; Keratitis

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; TREND STUDY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ANIMALS; CONTACT LENSES; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84859013569     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2011.645990     Document Type: Article

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