Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9274085 | Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease | 2005 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
The eye may represent the presenting features of an illness in the returning traveller. In other patients it may serve as a useful marker of severity. Clinicians seeing this group of patients need to have an understanding of the ocular mainfestations of travel related illnesses. The article reviews the features of major imported infections such as malaria, dengue and brucella, in addition to other clinically important conditions that may present to ophthalmologists and travel health specialists.
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Authors
Behzad Nadjm, W.A. Lynn, S. Lightman,