The researchers observed no significant treatment benefit in terms of reducing new/worsening stromal keratitis, iritis, dendriform epithelial keratitis, or endothelial keratitis at the primary end ...

The herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a common sexually transmitted infection (STI) affecting more than 400 million people worldwide. It has two types, HSV-1 and HSV-2. Both can cause an outbreak of ...

A new, more infectious strain of the potentially deadly mpox virus has been found in Germany for the first time, health chiefs in the country have said. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Germany's ...

HSV-1 and HSV-2 can also be transmitted to the eye by hand-to-skin contact, such as rubbing the eyes after touching a blister or sore. This picture shows herpetic keratitis, a herpes infection that ...

Older age, female sex, steroid treatment, and stromal keratitis increase the risk of developing ocular complications associated with herpes zoster ophthalmicus, according to a study published in the ...

Brandi Jones has over two decades of experience as a nurse in an acute care setting. Her clinical background includes pediatrics, medical-surgical, and women's health. She also specializes in ...

Herpes stromal keratitis can present in one of two ... Secretion of VEGF by HSV-infected epithelial cells leads to in-growth of lymph and blood vessels. Largely CD4 T-cell mediated immunopathology ...

Clinical features of herpes stromal keratitis Herpes stromal keratitis ... Secretion of VEGF by HSV-infected epithelial cells leads to in-growth of lymph and blood vessels. Largely CD4 T-cell ...

A group of researchers led by Xavier Saelens and Sven Eyckerman at the VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology discovered how a protein linked to the human immune system wards off HIV-1 and ...