Malaria ja haavainen viruskeratiitti

Corneal ulceration in Tanzanian children: relationship between malaria and herpes simplex keratitis

• David Yorston

  Affiliations

  • Kikuyu Hospital, P.O. Box 45, Kikuyu, Kenya
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• Allen Foster

  Affiliations

  • Author for correspondence.
  • International Centre for Eye Health, 27-29 Cayton Street, London, EC1V 9EJ, UK

Received 17 April 1991; received in revised form 8 October 1991; accepted 8 October 1991.

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Abstract

Two 3-year prospective studies from 1982–1984 and 1986–1988 in Tanzania identified 189 children with corneal ulceration, of whom 92 (48 · 7%) were due to herpes simplex keratitis. In 1982–1984 herpes simplex keratitis was responsible for 35 · 5% of corneal ulcers (38 of 107), compared with 65 · 8% (54 of 82) in 1986–1988 (P = 0 · 00006). It is postulated that the increase in corneal ulceration due to herpes simplex keratitis can be attributed to an increase in the incidence and severity of malaria infection.

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