Ocular Manifestations of Ebola Virus Disease: An Ophthalmologist's Guide to Prevent Infection and Panic

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Vingolo, Enzo Maria ^a   Messano, Giuseppe Alessio ^b   Fragiotta, Serena ^a   Spadea, Leopoldo ^a   Petti, Stefano ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ARTHRALGIA; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLAVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EYE CARE; EYE DISEASE; FATALITY; FEVER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; NURSE; OPHTHALMOLOGIST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; STEROID THERAPY; SYMPTOM; UVEITIS; VIRAL CONJUNCTIVITIS; AFRICA; ANIMAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EYE; EYE INFECTIONS, VIRAL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PANIC; PATHOGENICITY; STANDARDS; VIROLOGY;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; EYE; EYE INFECTIONS, VIRAL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PANIC;

EID: 84947267188     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/487073     Document Type: Review

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