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Zika virus-related microcephaly may be associated with retinal, optic nerve damage
SEATTLE — Infants born with microcephaly caused by exposure to the Zika virus may be at risk for retinal and optic nerve damage, according to a speaker here. “Ophthalmologists are well familiar with viral infections of the retina,” Lee M. Jampol, MD, said at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting. He cited cytomegalovirus, herpes zoster and herpes simplex as endemic viral infections with known ophthalmic consequences that bear some similarities to the Zika virus.