Posterior Segment Ophthalmic Manifestations in Ebola Survivors, Sierra Leone

Ophthalmology. 2021 Sep;128(9):1371-1373. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2021.02.001. Epub 2021 Feb 6.
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Keywords: Ebola; Ebola outbreak; Ebola virus disease; Vitreoretinal surgery; West Africa; chorioretinal scar; chorioretinitis; global health; outbreak; posterior uveitis; retinal detachment; uveitis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Cataract / diagnosis
  • Cataract / virology
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Ebolavirus / isolation & purification
  • Epiretinal Membrane / diagnosis
  • Epiretinal Membrane / epidemiology
  • Epiretinal Membrane / virology
  • Eye Diseases / diagnosis
  • Eye Diseases / epidemiology
  • Eye Diseases / virology
  • Eye Infections, Viral / diagnosis*
  • Eye Infections, Viral / epidemiology
  • Eye Infections, Viral / virology
  • Female
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / diagnosis*
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / epidemiology
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / virology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Posterior Eye Segment / pathology*
  • Posterior Eye Segment / virology
  • Retinal Detachment / diagnosis
  • Retinal Detachment / epidemiology
  • Retinal Detachment / virology
  • Sierra Leone / epidemiology
  • Survivors
  • Uveitis, Posterior / diagnosis*
  • Uveitis, Posterior / epidemiology
  • Uveitis, Posterior / virology
  • Vitreous Body / pathology
  • Young Adult