Late ophthalmologic manifestations in survivors of the 1995 Ebola virus epidemic in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo

K Kibadi; K Mupapa; K Kuvula; M Massamba; D Ndaberey; JJ Muyembe-Tamfum; MA Bwaka; A De Roo; R Colebunders

doi:10.1086/514288

Late ophthalmologic manifestations in survivors of the 1995 Ebola virus epidemic in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo

K Kibadi, K Mupapa, K Kuvula, M Massamba, D Ndaberey, JJ Muyembe-Tamfum, MA Bwaka, A De Roo, R Colebunders

Institute of Tropical Medicine

Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

Abstract

Three (15%) of 20 survivors of the 1995 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo enrolled in a follow-up study and 1 other survivor developed ocular manifestations after being asymptomatic for 1 month. Patients complained of ocular pain, photophobia, hyperlacrimation, and loss of visual acuity. Ocular examination revealed uveitis in all 4 patients. All patients improved with a topical treatment of 1% atropine and steroids.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume	179
Issue number	Suppl.1
Pages (from-to)	S13-S14
ISSN	0022-1899
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/514288
Publication status	Published - 1999

Keywords

B780-tropical-medicine
Viral diseases
Ebola virus disease
Ophthalmology
Kikwit
Congo-Kinshasa
Africa-Central

Access to Document

10.1086/514288

http://lib.itg.be/pdf/itg/1999/1999jidi0S13.pdf

Cite this

@article{10d46cdafacc44b8bdd19c1d74c75742,

title = "Late ophthalmologic manifestations in survivors of the 1995 Ebola virus epidemic in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo",

abstract = "Three (15\%) of 20 survivors of the 1995 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo enrolled in a follow-up study and 1 other survivor developed ocular manifestations after being asymptomatic for 1 month. Patients complained of ocular pain, photophobia, hyperlacrimation, and loss of visual acuity. Ocular examination revealed uveitis in all 4 patients. All patients improved with a topical treatment of 1\% atropine and steroids.",

keywords = "B780-tropical-medicine, Viral diseases, Ebola virus disease, Ophthalmology, Kikwit, Congo-Kinshasa, Africa-Central",

author = "K Kibadi and K Mupapa and K Kuvula and M Massamba and D Ndaberey and JJ Muyembe-Tamfum and MA Bwaka and \{De Roo\}, A and R Colebunders",

note = "FTX: Abonnement",

year = "1999",

doi = "10.1086/514288",

language = "English",

volume = "179",

pages = "S13--S14",

journal = "Journal of Infectious Diseases",

issn = "0022-1899",

publisher = "Oxford University Press",

number = "Suppl.1",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Late ophthalmologic manifestations in survivors of the 1995 Ebola virus epidemic in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo

AU - Kibadi, K

AU - Mupapa, K

AU - Kuvula, K

AU - Massamba, M

AU - Ndaberey, D

AU - Muyembe-Tamfum, JJ

AU - Bwaka, MA

AU - De Roo, A

AU - Colebunders, R

N1 - FTX: Abonnement

PY - 1999

Y1 - 1999

N2 - Three (15%) of 20 survivors of the 1995 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo enrolled in a follow-up study and 1 other survivor developed ocular manifestations after being asymptomatic for 1 month. Patients complained of ocular pain, photophobia, hyperlacrimation, and loss of visual acuity. Ocular examination revealed uveitis in all 4 patients. All patients improved with a topical treatment of 1% atropine and steroids.

AB - Three (15%) of 20 survivors of the 1995 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo enrolled in a follow-up study and 1 other survivor developed ocular manifestations after being asymptomatic for 1 month. Patients complained of ocular pain, photophobia, hyperlacrimation, and loss of visual acuity. Ocular examination revealed uveitis in all 4 patients. All patients improved with a topical treatment of 1% atropine and steroids.

KW - B780-tropical-medicine

KW - Viral diseases

KW - Ebola virus disease

KW - Ophthalmology

KW - Kikwit

KW - Congo-Kinshasa

KW - Africa-Central

UR - https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000078400300005

U2 - 10.1086/514288

DO - 10.1086/514288

M3 - A1: Web of Science-article

SN - 0022-1899

VL - 179

SP - S13-S14

JO - Journal of Infectious Diseases

JF - Journal of Infectious Diseases

IS - Suppl.1

ER -

Late ophthalmologic manifestations in survivors of the 1995 Ebola virus epidemic in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this