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Letter to the Editor

Multifocal Choroiditis Secondary to Acute Zika Virus Infection

Paulo Jimenez1 Department of Ophthalmology, Centro Oftalmologico de Ipanema/Oftalmoclinica Sao Goncalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
, MD,
Eduardo Kestelman2 Department of Ophthalmology, Oftalmoclinica Sao Goncalo, São Gonçalo, BrazilORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9907-4530
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Bernardo Kestelman3 Department of Ophthalmology, Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas da Santa Casa de Sao Paulo, São Paulo, BrazilORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0201-5359
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Alexandre Gomes Vizzoni4 Department of Infectious Disease, National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas– INI/Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0004-5084
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José Cerbino-Neto4 Department of Infectious Disease, National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas– INI/Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
, MD, PhD &
André Luiz Land Curi5 Clinical Research Laboratory of Infectious Diseases in Ophthalmology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas – INI/Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 952-955 | Received 05 Feb 2019, Accepted 31 Jul 2019, Published online: 30 Sep 2019

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