Infectious corneal ulceration: a proposal for neglected tropical disease status

Lawson Ung¹, Nisha R Acharya², Tushar Agarwal³, Eduardo C Alfonso⁴, Bhupesh Bagga⁵, Paulo Jm Bispo¹, Matthew J Burton⁶, John Kg Dart⁷, Thuy Doan², Suzanne Mj Fleiszig⁸, Prashant Garg⁵, Michael S Gilmore¹, David C Gritz⁹, Linda D Hazlett¹⁰, Alfonso Iovieno¹¹, Vishal Jhanji¹², John H Kempen¹³, Cecilia S Lee¹⁴, Thomas M Lietman², Todd P Margolis¹⁵, Stephen D McLeod², Jod S Mehta¹⁶, Darlene Miller⁴, Eric Pearlman¹⁷, Lalitha Prajna¹⁸, N Venkatesh Prajna¹⁸, Gerami D Seitzman², Swapna S Shanbhag⁵, Namrata Sharma³, Savitri Sharma¹⁹, Muthiah Srinivasan¹⁸, Fiona Stapleton²⁰, Donald Th Tan¹⁶, Radhika Tandon³, Hugh R Taylor²¹, Elmer Y Tu²², Sonal S Tuli²³, Rasik B Vajpayee²⁴, Russell N Van Gelder¹⁴, Stephanie L Watson²⁵, Michael E Zegans²⁶, James Chodosh¹

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¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, 243 Charles Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114 United States of America (USA).
² Francis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, USA.
³ Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
⁴ Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, USA.
⁵ Tej Kohli Cornea Institute, L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India.
⁶ International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, England.
⁷ Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, England.
⁸ School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
⁹ Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Ophthalmology, Visual and Anatomical Sciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, USA.
¹¹ Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
¹² Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, USA.
¹³ MCM Eye Unit, MyungSung Medical School, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
¹⁴ Department of Ophthalmology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, USA.
¹⁵ Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine, Saint Louis, USA.
¹⁶ Singapore National Eye Centre, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore.
¹⁷ Institute of Immunology, University of California, Irvine, USA.
¹⁸ Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, India.
¹⁹ Jhaveri Microbiology Centre, L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India.
²⁰ School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
²¹ Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
²² Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA.
²³ Department of Ophthalmology, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.
²⁴ Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
²⁵ Save Sight Institute, University of Sydney Medical School, Sydney, Australia.
²⁶ Department of Surgery (Ophthalmology), Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, USA.

PMID: 31819296
PMCID: PMC6883276
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.19.232660

Infectious corneal ulceration: a proposal for neglected tropical disease status

Lawson Ung et al. Bull World Health Organ. 2019.

. 2019 Dec 1;97(12):854-856.

doi: 10.2471/BLT.19.232660. Epub 2019 Nov 1.

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¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, 243 Charles Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114 United States of America (USA).
² Francis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, USA.
³ Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
⁴ Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, USA.
⁵ Tej Kohli Cornea Institute, L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India.
⁶ International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, England.
⁷ Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, England.
⁸ School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
⁹ Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Ophthalmology, Visual and Anatomical Sciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, USA.
¹¹ Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
¹² Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, USA.
¹³ MCM Eye Unit, MyungSung Medical School, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
¹⁴ Department of Ophthalmology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, USA.
¹⁵ Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine, Saint Louis, USA.
¹⁶ Singapore National Eye Centre, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore.
¹⁷ Institute of Immunology, University of California, Irvine, USA.
¹⁸ Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, India.
¹⁹ Jhaveri Microbiology Centre, L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India.
²⁰ School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
²¹ Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
²² Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA.
²³ Department of Ophthalmology, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.
²⁴ Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
²⁵ Save Sight Institute, University of Sydney Medical School, Sydney, Australia.
²⁶ Department of Surgery (Ophthalmology), Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, USA.

PMID: 31819296
PMCID: PMC6883276
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.19.232660

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