Marwa A Elmallawany, Amany A Ldelkl, Khaled G Lu Eleinen, Ahmed H Nadar, Azza I El-Adawy, Marwa A El-Dardiry, Yosra N Ldel-Hafez, Ahmed A Kotb, Ahmed T S Saif, Hoda A A Shaheen, Ahmed Sayed, Omar Samir, Adham A Alatyar, Mostafa A Sheble, Mostafa Elnakib, Mohamed S Badr, Reham K Nahnoush
Granulomatous anterior uveitis with single or numerous gelatinous nodules was found in children living in rural Egypt. All ocular diseases were originally thought to be water-born and related to digenic flukes. The current study sought to learn more about the causes of anterior granulomatous uveitis in Egyptian youngsters who used to swim in rural water canals. 50 children with eye lesions that had not responded to medical treatment were recruited. Four samples were surgically extracted and examined using real-time PCR, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and shotgun metagenomic sequencing (SMS)...
January 10, 2024: Infection, Genetics and Evolution