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Chikungunya and the Eye

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Chikungunya virus is a single-stranded RNA virus. It causes debilitating disease which is characterized by the presence of fever and joint pains. Ocular manifestations of chikungunya fever include anterior uveitis, viral retinitis, and optic neuritis. Real-time polymerase reaction and chikungunya IgM antibodies are useful to confirm the clinical diagnosis. Since there are no specific antiviral drugs available to treat the chikungunya infection, systemic and ocular manifestations are managed symptomatically. This chapter will highlight the ocular manifestations of chikungunya fever with few case examples.

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  1. Uveitis and Ocular Immunology, Narayana Nethralaya Eye Hospital, 121/C, Chord Road, Rajaji Nagar, 1st R Block, 560010, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

    Padmamalini Mahendradas

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  1. Advanced Eye Center, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India

    Vishali Gupta

  2. Ophthalmology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

    Quan Dong Nguyen

  3. Department of Ophthalmology, Pitié-Salpêtrière University, Paris, France

    Phuc LeHoang

  4. University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Carl P Herbort Jr.

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Mahendradas, P. (2016). Chikungunya and the Eye. In: Gupta, V., Nguyen, Q., LeHoang, P., Herbort Jr., C. (eds) The Uveitis Atlas. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2506-5_59-1

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