Persistent ebola virus in the eye: To the editor [1]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 373, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 1981-1982

  Kelly, J Daniel ^a   Richardson, Eugene T ^b   Barry, Michele ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRALGIA; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ENTHESITIS; EYE INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UVEITIS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; COMPLICATION; EBOLAVIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; VIROLOGY; VISUAL DISORDER;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; EBOLAVIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MALE; PANUVEITIS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 84946823759     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1510459     Document Type: Letter

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