Incidence, Recurrence, and Outcomes of Herpes Simplex Virus Eye Disease in Olmsted County, Minnesota, 1976-2007

Etiology of Acute Conjunctivitis Due to Coxsackievirus A24 Variant, Human Adenovirus, Herpes Simplex Virus, and Chlamydia in Beijing, China

“…As the third most common causative agent of acute conjunctivitis, the positive rate of HSV was 3.38z, which was in accordance with the rate of 4.3z in a previous report from Japan (32). Young et al (12) reported that the likelihood of developing ocular HSV in the state of Minnesota (USA) from 1976 to 2007 was 0.23z by the age of 30 years, 0.49z by 50 years, and 0.94z by 80 years. However, this phenomenon was not observed in this study.…”

Etiology of Acute Conjunctivitis Due to Coxsackievirus A24 Variant, Human Adenovirus, Herpes Simplex Virus, and Chlamydia in Beijing, China

“…As the third most common causative agent of acute conjunctivitis, the positive rate of HSV was 3.38z, which was in accordance with the rate of 4.3z in a previous report from Japan (32). Young et al (12) reported that the likelihood of developing ocular HSV in the state of Minnesota (USA) from 1976 to 2007 was 0.23z by the age of 30 years, 0.49z by 50 years, and 0.94z by 80 years. However, this phenomenon was not observed in this study.…”

Persistent Impairment of Quality of Life in Patients with Herpes Simplex Keratitis

“…27,28 Ocular herpes is considered the primary cause of acquired blindness of infectious origin in developed countries 10 because of its prevalence 3 and the substantial decrease in vision (<20/ 200) that eventually occurs in up to 10% of patients. 5 Taken together, our results and those of previous studies emphasize the impact of unilateral decreased VA caused by HSK on the global QoL. A similar observation was recently published by Vashist et al 29 for other types of unilateral corneal diseases.…”

“…In addition, the lower score related to "limitation" and "driving" is likely due to the visual problems in the affected eye. 5,12 The decrease in QoL in the HSK group, based on NEI VFQ-25 results in the current study, was worse than previous studies of patients who have undergone cataract surgery 33 or those with various ocular diseases (Table 5). 34e41 Last, very few and the most severe ocular conditions have been associated with lower NEI VFQ-25 results than those of the HSK group in the current study.…”

Incidence of Alpha‐Herpes virus induced ocular disease in Suriname

“…The annual incidence noted in Suriname is the first reported incidence of Herpes induced ocular disease in the region and seems lower than Denmark and France where the incidence of herpetic keratitis alone amounted to 12 and 31.5, respectively [Mortensen and Sjølie, 1979; Labetoulle et al, 2005]. The results of Suriname are similar to a more recent study where an incidence of 11.8 was reported for ocular HSV in Minnesota [Young et al, 2010].…”

Etiology of Acute Conjunctivitis Due to Coxsackievirus A24 Variant, Human Adenovirus, Herpes Simplex Virus, and Chlamydia in Beijing, China

“…As the third most common causative agent of acute conjunctivitis, the positive rate of HSV was 3.38z, which was in accordance with the rate of 4.3z in a previous report from Japan (32). Young et al (12) reported that the likelihood of developing ocular HSV in the state of Minnesota (USA) from 1976 to 2007 was 0.23z by the age of 30 years, 0.49z by 50 years, and 0.94z by 80 years. However, this phenomenon was not observed in this study.…”

Persistent Impairment of Quality of Life in Patients with Herpes Simplex Keratitis

“…27,28 Ocular herpes is considered the primary cause of acquired blindness of infectious origin in developed countries 10 because of its prevalence 3 and the substantial decrease in vision (<20/ 200) that eventually occurs in up to 10% of patients. 5 Taken together, our results and those of previous studies emphasize the impact of unilateral decreased VA caused by HSK on the global QoL. A similar observation was recently published by Vashist et al 29 for other types of unilateral corneal diseases.…”

“…In addition, the lower score related to "limitation" and "driving" is likely due to the visual problems in the affected eye. 5,12 The decrease in QoL in the HSK group, based on NEI VFQ-25 results in the current study, was worse than previous studies of patients who have undergone cataract surgery 33 or those with various ocular diseases (Table 5). 34e41 Last, very few and the most severe ocular conditions have been associated with lower NEI VFQ-25 results than those of the HSK group in the current study.…”

Incidence of Alpha‐Herpes virus induced ocular disease in Suriname

“…The annual incidence noted in Suriname is the first reported incidence of Herpes induced ocular disease in the region and seems lower than Denmark and France where the incidence of herpetic keratitis alone amounted to 12 and 31.5, respectively [Mortensen and Sjølie, 1979; Labetoulle et al, 2005]. The results of Suriname are similar to a more recent study where an incidence of 11.8 was reported for ocular HSV in Minnesota [Young et al, 2010].…”

Etiology of Acute Conjunctivitis Due to Coxsackievirus A24 Variant, Human Adenovirus, Herpes Simplex Virus, and Chlamydia in Beijing, China

“…As the third most common causative agent of acute conjunctivitis, the positive rate of HSV was 3.38z, which was in accordance with the rate of 4.3z in a previous report from Japan (32). Young et al (12) reported that the likelihood of developing ocular HSV in the state of Minnesota (USA) from 1976 to 2007 was 0.23z by the age of 30 years, 0.49z by 50 years, and 0.94z by 80 years. However, this phenomenon was not observed in this study.…”

Persistent Impairment of Quality of Life in Patients with Herpes Simplex Keratitis

“…27,28 Ocular herpes is considered the primary cause of acquired blindness of infectious origin in developed countries 10 because of its prevalence 3 and the substantial decrease in vision (<20/ 200) that eventually occurs in up to 10% of patients. 5 Taken together, our results and those of previous studies emphasize the impact of unilateral decreased VA caused by HSK on the global QoL. A similar observation was recently published by Vashist et al 29 for other types of unilateral corneal diseases.…”

“…In addition, the lower score related to "limitation" and "driving" is likely due to the visual problems in the affected eye. 5,12 The decrease in QoL in the HSK group, based on NEI VFQ-25 results in the current study, was worse than previous studies of patients who have undergone cataract surgery 33 or those with various ocular diseases (Table 5). 34e41 Last, very few and the most severe ocular conditions have been associated with lower NEI VFQ-25 results than those of the HSK group in the current study.…”

Incidence of Alpha‐Herpes virus induced ocular disease in Suriname

“…The annual incidence noted in Suriname is the first reported incidence of Herpes induced ocular disease in the region and seems lower than Denmark and France where the incidence of herpetic keratitis alone amounted to 12 and 31.5, respectively [Mortensen and Sjølie, 1979; Labetoulle et al, 2005]. The results of Suriname are similar to a more recent study where an incidence of 11.8 was reported for ocular HSV in Minnesota [Young et al, 2010].…”