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Acute ocular infection by type 2 herpes simplex virus in adults.
Oh JO, Kimura SJ, Ostler HB
Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960)
Nov 1, 1975
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Abstract
Acute ocular infections in two adults were caused by type 2 herpes simplex virus (HSV) ("genital herpesvirus"). One patient had an acute blepharoconjunctivitis, the other an acute keratoconjunctivitis. Genital infections had preceded the eye infections, and type 2 HSV was isolated from the eyes of both patients and from the genital lesions of one patient. This strongly suggests transmission of type 2 HSV from the genital site to the eye.
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- PubMed ID:
- 172050
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