Posterior Segment Ophthalmic Manifestations in Ebola Survivors, Sierra Leone

Ebola Virus Persistence in Ocular Tissues and Fluids (EVICT) Study Investigators

doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2021.02.001

Posterior Segment Ophthalmic Manifestations in Ebola Survivors, Sierra Leone

Ebola Virus Persistence in Ocular Tissues and Fluids (EVICT) Study Investigators

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1371-1373
Number of pages	3
Journal	Ophthalmology
Volume	128
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ophtha.2021.02.001
State	Published - Sep 2021

Keywords

Ebola
Ebola outbreak
Ebola virus disease
Vitreoretinal surgery
West Africa
chorioretinal scar
chorioretinitis
global health
outbreak
posterior uveitis
retinal detachment
uveitis

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note = "Funding Information: Supported by unrestricted departmental grant from Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc., to the Emory Eye Center, Emory University School of Medicine, National Eye Institute/National Institutes of Health Core Grant P30-EY06360 (Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine), National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number K23 EY030158 (J.G.S.) and R01 EY029594 (S.Y.). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health or the views or policies of the Department of Health and Human Services, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Funding support is also provided by the Macula Society, Bayer Global Ophthalmology Awards Program, the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Mallinckrodt Foundation Young Investigator Award (S.Y.), Santen, Inc., and the Sitaraman Family Foundation. Obtained funding: Shantha, Yeh; Study was performed as part of regular employment duties at the Emory Eye Center, Ministry of Health and Sanitation National Eye Program, Lowell and Ruth Gess Eye Hospital, and Emory Global Health Institute, as listed for the authors. No additional funding was provided.",

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