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Endothelial dysfunction after scleral lens use in patients with herpetic eye disease
Canadian Journal of OphthalmologyVol. 55Issue 6p527–528Published online: August 7, 2020- Jaime C. Sklar
- Vishakha Thakrar
- Nir Sorkin
- Clara C. Chan
Cited in Scopus: 0Herpes simplex virus and varicella zoster virus (VZV) affect approximately 4 billion individuals globally. When the infection involves the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve (V1), they are termed “herpetic keratitis” (HK) and “herpes zoster ophthalmicus” (HZO). The estimated incidence of VZV is 4/1000 people, with approximately 10–20% of cases demonstrating ocular involvement.1 HK has been approximated to affect 1.5 million people with an estimated incidence of 11.8/100,000. Together, these are thought to be the leading cause of infectious ocular blindness in the developed world.
