| Literature DB >> 185732 |
J O Oh, S J Kimura, H B Ostler, C R Dawson, G Smolin.
Abstract
Type 2 (genital) herpes simplex virus (HSV-2) was isolated from three patients (two adults and an 11-year-old girl) with acute ocular infections. Two of these patients had acute blepharoconjunctivitis and one had acute keratoconjunctivitis. Genital herpes infections had preceded the eye infections in the two adults. This was not the case in the 11-year-old, but she had been in close contact with her sister who had apparently had the genital disease. The study strongly suggests transmission of HSV-2 from the genital site to the eye.Entities:
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Year: 1976 PMID： 185732 DOI： 10.1016/0039-6257(76)90087-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Surv Ophthalmol ISSN： 0039-6257 Impact factor: 6.048