Visual Loss with West Nile Virus Infection: A Wider Spectrum of a “New” Disease

Anninger, William; Lubow, Martin

doi:10.1086/382884

Cited by 32 publications

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“…viruses, such as chikungunya (19)(20)(21), dengue virus (DENV) (22)(23)(24), and West Nile virus (WNV) (25,26), in adults, including optic neuritis, retinal hemorrhages, and retinal edema. Therefore, it is highly unlikely that the microcephaly itself causes retinal abnormalities.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Zika virus infects cells lining the blood-retinal barrier and causes chorioretinal atrophy in mouse eyes

et al. 2017

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Zika virus infects cells lining the blood-retinal barrier and causes chorioretinal atrophy in mouse eyes

et al. 2017

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“…Indocyanine green angiography shows well-delineated hypofluorescent choroidal lesions, which are more numerous than those appreciated by fluorescein angiography or clinically (Fig. 3C) [43].…”

Section: Chorioretinitismentioning

confidence: 89%

“…Since the first descriptions of ocular involvement secondary to WNV infection in 2002 and 2003, several ophthalmologic findings have been recognized, including chorioretinitis, anterior uveitis, retinal vasculitis, optic neuritis, and congenital chorioretinal scarring [26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44].…”

Section: Ocular Diseasementioning

confidence: 99%

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Novel infectious agents causing uveitis

et al. 2009

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In any patient with uveitis, an infectious cause should be ruled out first. The differential diagnosis includes multiple well-known diseases including herpes, syphilis, toxoplasmosis, tuberculosis, bartonellosis, Lyme disease, and others. However, clinician should be aware of emerging infectious agents as potential causes of systemic illness and also intraocular inflammation. Air travel, immigration, and globalization of business have overturned traditional pattern of geographic distribution of infectious diseases, and therefore one should work locally but think globally. This review recapitulates the systemic and ocular manifestations of several emergent infectious diseases relevant to the ophthalmologist including Rickettsioses, West Nile virus infection, Rift valley fever, Dengue fever, and Chikungunya. Retinitis, chorioretinitis, retinal vasculitis, and optic nerve involvement have been associated with these emergent infectious diseases. The diagnosis of any of these infections is usually based on pattern of uveitis, systemic symptoms and signs, and specific epidemiological data and confirmed by detection of specific antibody in serum. A systematic ocular examination, showing fairly typical fundus findings, may help establish an early clinical diagnosis, which allows prompt, appropriate management.

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“…The symptoms include high-grade fever, myalgia, arthralgia, malaise, nausea, headache, skin rash, weakness, and pharyngitis [ 13 ]. The acute illness typically lasts less than a week.…”

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confidence: 99%