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Epidemiology of Herpes Simplex Keratitis.
Considerable information has been accumulated concerning the herpes virus and its relationship to man, its natural host (Table VI). It is evident that to control the diseases produced, by the virus it is essential that some means be found not only to control the acute manifestations but also to eliminate the harbored virus from the readily available supply in the numerous ubiquitous carriers. A...
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To the Editor: Reactivation of latent herpes simplex virus (HSV) has been described following radial keratotomy (RK) and following photorefractive keratectomy (PRK).1-4 Recently, one of my patients experienced such a complication 1 day after LASIK for hyperopia. The patient was a 60-year old caucasian female who had undergone 16-incision RK for myopia in her left eye elsewhere 10 years previous...
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Topical therapy with trypsin, chymotrypsin, and monoxychloroserene, and corneal scrub with iodine, ether, and silver nitrate did not demonstrably reduce the incidence of a positive virus culture from rabbit corneas infected with herpes simplex. It is suggested that the virucidal properties of such substances as measured by their effect on cell-free virus suspensions is not pertinent to the abol...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Microbiology
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0022-2615,1473-5644
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-45-1-3