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Herpes Simplex Virus

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Intraocular Inflammation

Abstract

Herpesviridae family comprises more than 100 different members, all of them enveloped DNA viruses with high molecular weight. Among the eight distinct members of this family that infect the human host (herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2, HSV-1 and HSV-2; varicella-zoster virus, VZV or human herpesvirus 3; cytomegalovirus, CMV or human herpesvirus 4; Epstein-Barr virus, EBV or human herpesvirus 5; human herpesvirus 6 (variants A and B); human herpes virus 7 and human herpesvirus 8, HHV-8 or Kaposi’s sarcoma herpesvirus), herpes simplex are by far the most common ocular pathogens and are responsible for at least 10% of anterior uveitis, regardless of the host’s immune system status.

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  1. Ophthalmology, Austral University, School of Medicine, Buenos Aires, Argentine

    Karina Julian MD

  2. Uveitis Department, Instituto de la Visión, M.T. de ALVEAR 2261 (1122), Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentine

    Karina Julian MD

  3. Ophthalmology Department, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, 47 Boulevard de l’Hôpital, Paris, 75013, France

    Phuc Lehoang MD, PhD & Bahram Bodaghi MD, PhD

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Julian, K., Lehoang, P., Bodaghi, B. (2016). Herpes Simplex Virus. In: Zierhut, M., Pavesio, C., Ohno, S., Orefice, F., Rao, N. (eds) Intraocular Inflammation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75387-2_110

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