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Genomic characterization of a persistent rubella virus from a case of Fuch' uveitis syndrome in a 73 year old man.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Aug 2015
Abernathy Emily, Peairs Randall R, Chen Min-hsin, Icenogle Joseph, Namdari Hassan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Many cases of Fuchs' uveitis have been associated with persistent rubella virus infection. A 73-year-old male patient with typical Fuchs' Uveitis Syndrome (FUS) first experienced heterochromia of the left eye at the age fourteen, when rubella was endemic in the US. OBJECTIVES: The purposes of this report are to describe the patient's FUS clinical presentations and to characterize the virus detected in...
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