First I would like to thank Dr. Wiwanitkit for raising the very pertinent point regarding
the effect of Zika virus (ZIKV) in adult eyes. We discussed the various ocular manifestations
of ZIKV in neonates and children in our previous article [
[1]
]. In this article, our aim is to review the effect of ZIKV in adult eyes.To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: June 20, 2017
Accepted:
June 15,
2017
Received:
June 12,
2017
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© 2017 European Federation of Internal Medicine. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
