ASSOCIATED PRESS by MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer                                      May 7. 2015

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For the first time, Ebola has been discovered inside the eyes of a patient months after the virus was gone from his blood.

Ebola has infected more than 26,000 people since December 2013 in West Africa. Some survivors have reported eye problems but how often they occur isn't known. The virus also is thought to be able to persist in semen for several months.

The new report concerns Dr. Ian Crozier, a 43-year-old American physician diagnosed with Ebola in September while working with the World Health Organization in Sierra Leone.

He was treated at Emory University Hospital's special Ebola unit in Atlanta and released in October when Ebola was no longer detected in his blood. Two months later, he developed an inflammation and very high blood pressure in one eye, which causes swelling and potentially serious vision problems.

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http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/ebola-found-doctors-eye-months-virus-left-blood-30882641
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Persistence of Ebola Virus in Ocular Fluid during Convalescence

 NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

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http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1500306?query=featured_home&#t=article

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American Academy of Ophthalmology Statement

SAN FRANCISCO, May 7, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Academy of Ophthalmology today issued a statement following a report in the New England Journal of Medicine about an Ebola patient with uveitis, a type of eye inflammation common in Ebola survivors. The Academy is reiterating that the findings do not indicate an increased risk of Ebola infection to the general public through casual contact...

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http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/american-academy-of-ophthalmology-issues-statement-regarding-new-england-journal-of-medicine-study-linking-ebola-and-uveitis-300079965.html