Characterization of Ebola Virus-Associated Eye Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Survivors of Ebola virus disease (EVD) may experience ocular sequelae. Comparison with antibody-negative individuals from the local population is required to characterize the disease.

Objective

To assess features of ophthalmic disease specific to EVD.

Design, setting, and participants

This baseline cross-sectional analysis of survivors of EVD and their close contacts was conducted within PREVAIL III, a 5-year, longitudinal cohort study. Participants who enrolled at John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Liberia, West Africa from June 2015 to March 2016 were included in this analysis. Close contacts were defined as household members or sex partners of survivors of EVD. Data were analyzed from July 2016 to July 2020.

Exposures

All participants, both survivo

SUBMITTER: Eghrari AO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7786253 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature