Corneal and External Disorders
A Review of Treatment for Herpes Zoster Keratitis
Taariq K Mohammed, Elisabeth J Cohen, Bennie H Jeng
touchREVIEWS in Ophthalmology. 2021;15(2):43-45 DOI: https://doi.org/10.17925/USOR.2021.15.2.43
Varicella zoster virus is a double-stranded DNA herpesvirus that resides dormant in the sensory nerve ganglia after primary infection of varicella/chicken pox. While primary infection can be mild, on reactivation, the virus typically causes a painful vesicular rash called herpes zoster (HZ), that affects approximately 1 million people per year in the USA.1 The incidence of […]