"Eye Infections, Viral" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Infections of the eye caused by minute intracellular agents. These infections may lead to severe inflammation in various parts of the eye - conjunctiva, iris, eyelids, etc. Several viruses have been identified as the causative agents. Among these are Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Poxvirus, and Myxovirus.
| Descriptor ID |
D015828
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C02.325 C11.294.800
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| Concept/Terms |
Eye Infections, Viral- Eye Infections, Viral
- Ocular Infections, Viral
- Infection, Viral Ocular
- Infections, Viral Ocular
- Ocular Infection, Viral
- Viral Ocular Infection
- Viral Ocular Infections
- Viral Eye Infections
- Eye Infection, Viral
- Infection, Viral Eye
- Infections, Viral Eye
- Viral Eye Infection
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Eye Infections, Viral" by people in Profiles.
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Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. Acute retinal necrosis syndrom. Retina. 2008 Apr; 28(4):660-4.
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Suppression of cytomegalovirus retinitis in persons with AIDS with high-dose intravenous acyclovir. J Infect Dis. 1991 Oct; 164(4):777-80.