Introduction to Viruses in Ocular Disease: Definition, Structure, and Classification James Chodosh William G. Stroop CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS Viruses are small (10 to 400 microns in diameter) infectious units, each…
Ocular Infections Associated with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease Peter J. Kappel Gary N. Holland The most severe manifestations of HIV infection, collectively termed the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), were first…
Acanthamoeba Keratitis Romesh K. Gautom Thomas R. Fritsche Thomas D. Lindquist Since 1958, certain species of small, free-living aerobic amebae belonging to the genera Acanthamoeba, Balamuthia, and Naegleria have been…
Ocular Parasitic Infections Khalid F. Tabbara Parasitic infections remain an important cause of ocular and adnexal diseases that are caused by a variety of parasites. Infections of the eye and…
Pathogenesis of Chlamydial Ocular Diseases Deborah Dean Chlamydial ocular infections include trachoma, adult inclusion conjunctivitis (paratrachoma), and neonatal inclusion conjunctivitis (also referred to as inclusion conjunctivitis of the newborn [ICN],…
Ocular Toxoplasmosis Gary N. Holland G. Richard O’Connor Surveys have consistently shown ocular toxoplasmosis—caused by infection with the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii—to be the most common form of posterior uveitis…
