Ophthalmic complications during the dengue epidemic in Reunion Island in 2020: a case series and review of the literature.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Dengue is an arboviral disease transmitted by the dengue virus, whose vectors are Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. The acute phase with its cohort of well-known symptoms is usually spontaneously favorable. Since 2020 in Reunion Island, a new symptom has appeared: the ocular damage of dengue fever, which has already been described in South Asia and South-East Asia. We therefore decided to describe the clinical, biological, ophthalmological, therapeutic, and outcomes of patients with ocular manifestations during dengue fever in Reunion Island in 2020.

Patients and methods

This was a retrospective observational study. Patients were included from January 2020 to August 2020 and then reassessed by teleconsultation 1 year later. The patients were identified from th

SUBMITTER: Mbu-Nyamsi D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10394947 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature