CLINICAL SCIENCES Optic Neuritis Associated With Chikungunya Virus Infection in South India
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Methods: This observational case series includes 14 patients with clinical features of CHIKV infection and associated optic neuritis. Complete ophthalmic evaluations were performed, as well as other examinations, including Mantoux test, Widal test, blood profile, color vision, neuroimaging, visual fields, visual evoked potentials, VDRL test, and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for CHIKV-specific immunoglobulin. Relevant clinical findings of optic neuritis associated with seropositive CHIKV infection were recorded.
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Ocular involvement associated with an epidemic outbreak of chikungunya virus infection.
PURPOSE To study the range of ocular symptoms in a cohort of patients with chikungunya infection. DESIGN Retrospective, observational case series. METHODS Patients attending a tertiary eye care hospital in South India were included in the study. We included adult patients with serologically confirmed chikungunya virus infection who received clinical care at the Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai...
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