Cataract management in Ebola virus disease survivors: clinical and scientific implications

Future Virol. 2019 Feb;14(2):55-59. doi: 10.2217/fvl-2018-0198. Epub 2019 Jan 21.

Abstract

"The EVICT study was the first study to demonstrate a step-wise approach on how to safely screen EVD survivors for cataract surgery, providing evidence that vision restoration though surgical management was safe and feasible in this cohort of EVD survivors".

Keywords: Ebola; Ebola virus disease; cataract surgery; chronic infections; developing countries; neglected diseases; uveitis; viral persistence.