west nile fever/edema

OBJECTIVE To describe a patient with occlusive, retinal vasculitis and concomitant, confirmed, acute West Nile virus (WNV) infection. METHODS Observational case report. METHODS Main outcome measures included comprehensive ophthalmic examination with fluorescein angiography, color photography, and

OBJECTIVE To present a case series of ocular findings of West Nile virus infection (WNVI) in North America. METHODS Retrospective, noncomparative, observational case series. METHODS All patients were referred to the authors for WNVI with ocular involvement between the years 2002 and

OBJECTIVE West Nile virus (WNV) disease is a zoonotic infection with recent outbreaks in the United States. Recent reports have highlighted the intraocular findings associated with WNV disease. We describe the intraocular findings observed in two patients infected by the West Nile

West Nile virus (WNV) infection causes neurological disease at all levels of the neural axis, accompanied by neuroinflammation and neuronal loss, although the underlying mechanisms remain uncertain. Given the substantial activation of neuroinflammatory pathways observed in WNV infection, we

Systemic capillary leak syndrome (SCLS) is a very rare disorder characterized by hypotension with heamoconcentration, hypoalbuminemia without albuminuria and generalized edema, the etiology of which are snake bites, viral heamorrhagic fever, drugs, sepsis, upper respiratory tract infection, Hanta

OBJECTIVE To report a case of West Nile virus meningoencephalitis presenting with simultaneous chorioretinitis in the right eye and occlusive retinal vasculitis in the left eye. METHODS Case report. Main outcome measures included ocular examination, intravenous fluorescence angiography, indocyanine

West Nile virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne Flavivirus (family Flaviviridae), maintained in an enzootic cycle between birds as amplifying hosts and mosquito vectors. While WNV exposure in humans frequently remain subclinical, a febrile illness called West Nile fever occurs in about 20% and

OBJECTIVE To describe the ocular features of West Nile virus (WNV) infection proven by serology and molecular diagnostic techniques. METHODS Prospective case series. METHODS Fifty-two patients who presented to the uveitis clinic with ocular inflammatory signs and history of fever preceding ocular