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Herpes simplex virus-induced keratitis: evaluation of the role of molecular mimicry in lesion pathogenesis.
Journal of virology - 1 Apr 2001
Deshpande S P, Lee S, Zheng M, Song B, Knipe D, Kapp J A, Rouse B T
Abstract excerpt
Viruses are suspected but usually unproven triggering factors in autoimmunity. One favored mechanism to explain the role of viruses in the genesis of autoimmunity is molecular mimicry. An immunoinflammatory blinding lesion called herpetic stromal keratitis (HSK) that follows ocular infection with...
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