Ebola and the eye

JAMA Ophthalmology

Volumn 133, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1105-1106

  Jampol, Lee M ^a   Ferris, Frederick L ^b   Bishop, Rachel J ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTHRALGIA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLAVIRUS; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE INFLAMMATION; FATIGUE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MENTAL HEALTH; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NOTE; OPHTHALMOLOGIST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UVEITIS; VIRAL EYE INFECTION; AFRICA; AQUEOUS HUMOR; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVITIS, VIRAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; EYE INFECTIONS, VIRAL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOGENICITY; TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

AFRICA, WESTERN; AQUEOUS HUMOR; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; CONJUNCTIVITIS, VIRAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; EUROPE; EYE INFECTIONS, VIRAL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84943647367     PISSN: 21686165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2015.2400     Document Type: Note

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