{"title":"Viral conjunctivitis; a rising threat for Karachites amid Monsoon","authors":"Uzma Aslam, Maheera Khan, Sarah Mehboob","doi":"10.18203/issn.2454-2156.intjscirep20233168","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Viral conjunctivitis (VC), now renowned as red eye, is the most recent addition to the trend of frequent viral infections amid Karachi's rainy season. Conjunctivitis affects approximately 20-40% of the population worldwide. However, the endemic rise of VC in Karachi is alarming and of great concern.","PeriodicalId":14297,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Scientific Reports","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Scientific Reports","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.18203/issn.2454-2156.intjscirep20233168","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Viral conjunctivitis (VC), now renowned as red eye, is the most recent addition to the trend of frequent viral infections amid Karachi's rainy season. Conjunctivitis affects approximately 20-40% of the population worldwide. However, the endemic rise of VC in Karachi is alarming and of great concern.