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Friday, April 27, 2012

HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS

Ocular infections with herpes simplex virus (HSV) are extremely common and constitute herpetic keratoconjunctivitis and iritis.
Etiology
Herpes simplex virus (HSV). It is a DNA virus. Its only natural host is man. Basically HSV is epitheliotropic but may become neurotropic.
According to different clinical and immunological
properties, HSV is of two types: HSV type I typically
causes infection above the