Autor(es): Ranjan Ratnesh, Ranjan Shikha

Resumo: 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, - cytomegalovirus are well-known for their role in ocular pathology. In recent years, emerging - resurging viral infections represent an important public health problem. The Asia-Pacific region has witnessed a number of p-emic - epidemic outbreaks caused by these viruses during the last 2 decades. The number of ocular complications being reported in patients of these viral infections has also increased significantly during this period. Ophthalmologists - physicians should be aware of ocular manifestations of newly emerging or resurging viral diseases. We conducted a review of the literature published during the last 20 years with the objectives of finding out outbreaks of emerging - reemerging viruses in the Asia-Pacific region - finding out any ocular involvement in these viral infections. An iterative search of the MEDLINE - the Google databases was made using the search terms emerging virus, ocular manifestations, ocular complications, Chikungunya, Dengue, Japanese encephalitis, West Nile fever, Kyasanur forest disease, Rift valley fever, Hantavirus, Henipavirus, Influenza virus, Enterovirus 71, - Asia-Pacific region, separately - with reported ocular involvement in combination. This review article discusses the epidemiology - the systemic - ocular manifestations of all emerging viral infections with reported ocular involvement in the Asia-Pacific region.

Palavras-Chave: Emerging virus; Reemerging virus; Ocular manifestations; Ocular complications; Asia-Pacific

Imprenta: Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology, v. 3, n. 5, p. 299-307, 2014

Identificador do objeto digital: 10.1097/APO.0000000000000021

Descritores: Chikungunya virus - Cytopathology ; Chikungunya virus - Viral infections ; Chikungunya Virus - Virus ; Chikungunya virus - Chikungunya fever ; Chikungunya virus - Dengue ; Chikungunya virus - Epidemic ; Chikungunya virus - Epidemiology ; Chikungunya virus - Public health

Data de publicação: 2014

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