Uveitis and Systemic Inflammatory Markers in Convalescent Phase of Ebola Virus Disease

Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Feb;22(2):295-7. doi: 10.3201/eid2202.151416.

Abstract

We report a case of probable Zaire Ebola virus-related ophthalmologic complications in a physician from the United States who contracted Ebola virus disease in Liberia. Uveitis, immune activation, and nonspecific increase in antibody titers developed during convalescence. This case highlights immune phenomena that could complicate management of Ebola virus disease-related uveitis during convalescence.

Keywords: Ebola; Ebola hemorrhagic fever; Ebola virus; Ebola virus disease; Liberia; conjunctivitis; convalescent phase; immune privilege; ocular manifestations; systemic inflammatory markers; uveitis; viruses.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Ebolavirus* / genetics
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / complications*
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / diagnosis
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / virology*
  • Humans
  • Liberia
  • Male
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence
  • Uveitis / diagnosis*
  • Uveitis / drug therapy
  • Uveitis / etiology*