What we know about ocular manifestations of ebola

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2014, Pages 2355-2357

  Moshirfar, Majid ^a   Fenzl, Carlton R ^b   Li, Zhan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjunctivitis; Ebola hemorrhagic fever; Ebolavirus; Subconjunctival hemorrhage; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPLEGIC AGENT; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANOREXIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BACKACHE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BUNDIBUGYO EBOLAVIRUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DIARRHEA; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLA VIRUS; EYE DISEASE; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEADACHE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LACRIMATION DISORDER; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; RESTON EBOLAVIRUS; RISK FACTOR; SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE; SUDAN EBOLAVIRUS; TAI FOREST EBOLAVIRUS; UVEITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOMITING; WEAKNESS; ZAIRE EBOLAVIRUS;

EID: 84911919907     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S73583     Document Type: Article

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