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The eyes have it: influenza virus infection beyond the respiratory tract
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7 2018
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Source: Lancet Infect Dis. 18(7):e220-e227
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Alternative Title:Lancet Infect Dis
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Description:Avian and human influenza A viruses alike have shown a capacity to use the eye as a portal of entry and cause ocular disease in human beings. However, whereas influenza viruses generally represent a respiratory pathogen and only occasionally cause ocular complications, the H7 virus subtype stands alone in possessing an ocular tropism. Clarifying what confers such non-respiratory tropism to a respiratory virus will permit a greater ability to identify, treat, and prevent zoonotic human infection following ocular exposure to influenza viruses; especially those within the H7 subtype, which continue to cause avian epidemics on many continents.
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Pubmed ID:29477464
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC6035055
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