Severe intraocular herpes simplex virus type-1 infection after 46 years of latency

Lancet Infect Dis. 2018 Sep;18(9):1046. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30114-2.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
  • Eye Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Eye Diseases / drug therapy
  • Eye Diseases / virology*
  • Herpes Simplex / physiopathology*
  • Herpesvirus 1, Human / pathogenicity*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Optic Nerve / physiopathology*
  • Optic Nerve / virology*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Valacyclovir / therapeutic use*
  • Virus Activation
  • Virus Latency

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • Valacyclovir