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Abstract
Infections of the eye caused by minute intracellular agents. These infections may lead to severe inflammation in various parts of the eye - conjunctiva, iris, eyelids, etc. Several viruses have been identified as the causative agents. Among these are Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Poxvirus, and Myxovirus.
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- Eye Infections, Viral
- Ocular Infections, Viral
- Eye Infection, Viral
- Infection, Viral Eye
- Infection, Viral Ocular
- Infections, Viral Eye
- Infections, Viral Ocular
- Ocular Infection, Viral
- Viral Eye Infection
- Viral Ocular Infection
- Viral Ocular Infections
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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coordinate with specific viral disease
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- Eye Diseases (1966-1989)
- specific viral infection (1966-1989)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Viral Eye Infections. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015828. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015828
- Viral Eye Infections. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54944486