2014
DOI: 10.1097/apo.0000000000000021
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Abstract: The role of viral infections in ocular pathology varies greatly, involving all the components of the eye. Some viruses like herpes simplex, herpes zoster, adenovirus, enterovirus 70, influenza virus, human immunodeficiency virus, and cytomegalovirus are well-known for their role in ocular pathology. In recent years, emerging and resurging viral infections represent an important public health problem. The Asia-Pacific region has witnessed a number of pandemic and epidemic outbreaks caused by these viruses durin… Show more

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“…32,38 Most of these reports describe previously healthy individuals; further data are needed to determine whether immunocompromised individuals are more susceptible to non-respiratory influenza virus exposure or are more likely to present with ocular complications following influenza virus infection. In the absence of antiviral treatments that specifically target ocular disease caused by RNA viruses, 7 influenza-positive patients presenting with conjunctivitis or other ocular complications are typically treated with oseltamivir (table 1).…”
Section: The Eye Is Susceptible To Avian and Human Influenza Virus Inmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…32,38 Most of these reports describe previously healthy individuals; further data are needed to determine whether immunocompromised individuals are more susceptible to non-respiratory influenza virus exposure or are more likely to present with ocular complications following influenza virus infection. In the absence of antiviral treatments that specifically target ocular disease caused by RNA viruses, 7 influenza-positive patients presenting with conjunctivitis or other ocular complications are typically treated with oseltamivir (table 1).…”
Section: The Eye Is Susceptible To Avian and Human Influenza Virus Inmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Ocular manifestations of chikungunya virus can keep some similarities with other viruses like dengue and Zika. Dengue ocular manifestations are uncommon but can be present particularly in young adults with a mean age of early 30s and without any sex predilection, debuting when platelets are at lowest count, especially one week after fever onset [18].The most common ocular findings due to dengue fever are subconjunctival hemorrhage, dengue maculopathy, anterior uveitis, vitreitis, retinal pigment epithelium mottling, foveolitis, retinochoroiditis, choroidal effusion, optic disk swelling, optic neuritis, neuroretinitis, panophthalmitis, retinal hemorrhages, and oculomotor nerve palsy [31,32,34].…”
Section: Clinical Findingsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…While in most instances recovery of vision to normal occurs, CHIKV infection can result in blindness; especially if it courses in association with optic neuritis or neuroretinitis, patients may present sudden loss of vision caused by chikungunya fever associated with optic neuritis [4,10,18]; this manifestation of the ocular infection may have a progressive visual loss and may occur rapidly over several hours or over days [10]. Some authors suggest that visual prognosis is good with anterior segment involvement, whereas that with posterior segment involvement (retinochoroiditis) is poor [2,18,32,54], though later certain aspects that greatly influence the visual forecast will be mentioned.…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…Often, the management of life threatening complications takes precedence over ocular problems, and once recovery is complete and unless the hemorrhage is bilateral, the child may or may not bring the visual impairment to the guardian's notice. Additionally, non-hemorrhagic complications of these infectious diseases are well known,[ 4 ] and hence the treating pediatrician is urged to refer the child for a bedside ophthalmic examination. Finally, hypertensive retinopathy accounts for 1.7% of all pediatric vitreous hemorrhage cases,[ 5 ] and as already stated, generally requires only control of systemic hypertension unless it is of sufficient severity and nonresolving to warrant early surgical intervention to avoid amblyopia in this population.…”
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