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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Severe ulcerative herpes of mouth and eye following measles
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 73, No. 1, Year 1979
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Description
Malnourished children in the north of Nigeria who had had a severe attack of measles were prone to deep ulcers of the mouth and eyes. Herpes simplex virus was isolated from 17 of 25 of the mouth ulcers which were erosive, slow to heal and caused much suffering and loss of weight. Herpes virus was also identified, either by immunofluorescent staining or viral culture, in the cornea1 scrapings of the eye ulcers from 16 of 34 children. These ulcers healed slowly in two to six weeks leaving damaging scars which impaired vision and caused blindness in some cases. It is suggested that measles leads to profound depression of cell mediated immunity in malnourished children with the consequence that secondary herpes simplex infections become abnormally severe and erosive. © Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Authors & Co-Authors
Whittle, Hilton C.
Nigeria
Ahmadu Belle University Hospitals
Smith, J. Sandford
Nigeria
Ahmadu Belle University Hospitals
Kogbe, O. I.
Nigeria
Ahmadu Belle University Hospitals
Dossetor, J. F.B.
Nigeria
Ahmadu Belle University Hospitals
Duggan, Maureen Brennan
Nigeria
Ahmadu Belle University Hospitals
Statistics
Citations: 47
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/0035-9203(79)90132-9
ISSN:
00359203
e-ISSN:
18783503
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases
Maternal And Child Health
Mental Health
Study Locations
Nigeria