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MEAJO now indexed on PubMed

MEACO is pleased to announce that its official journal, MEAJO, is now indexed on PubMed.

PubMed is a free database accessing the MEDLINE database of citations, abstracts and some full text articles on life sciences and biomedical topics.

One can search the articles published in MEAJO from 2009 onwards from PubMed by clicking here. The full text of the journal is also archived with PMC, click here.

This milestone would not have been possible without the support of its dedicated leaders, the Editor in Chief, Dr. Deepak Edward, and the highly enthusiastic Editorial Board who believed in this project and dedicated their time and effort to attract high-quality manuscripts focused on research related to issues in the region, and the contributors that submitted their researches to the journal. MEAJO looks forward to more of your support and patronage

Dr. Deepak Edward

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Editor-in-chief, MEAJO

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Updates on

Paper/Poster and Video Abstract Submitter Opens March 17 for AAO-MEACO Joint Meeting
Chicago, Oct 16-19, 2010

The 2010 AAO/MEACO Joint Meeting abstract submitter for papers/posters and videos will be open from 17 March to 12 April. Showcase your research findings at the world’s largest ophthalmic meeting. Visit the Academy’s Website www.aao.org/2010 and go to Presenter Central to access the online submitter and review the submission guidelines.

If you have any questions, please e-mail: meetings@aao.org

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World Ophthalmology Congress (WOC)
Berlin, Germany, June 5-9, 2010

The Advance Program of the WOC®2010 is now available here www.woc2010.org/scientific-program/advance-program.html. For further information on registration, scientific program, hotels, social program, commercial exhibition and deadlines, please visit: www.woc2010.org

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Upcoming Meetings

Egyptian Ophthalmological Society Winter Meeting
Cairo, Egypt, March 17-19, 2010

Egyptian Ophthalmological Society holds its winter meeting from 17-19 March 2010 in the Grand Hyatt Hotel, Cairo. Renowned speakers from the Columbia University will be speaking on various topics. To know more about the scientific program details, registration, speakers and topics, and hotel booking, etc. please visit: www.eos1902.com

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EVER 2010 Abstract Submission, Registration and Hotel bookings opens in March
Crete, Greece, Oct 6-9, 2010

The European Association for Vision and Eye Research, EVER, holds its Congress EVER 2010 from 6-9 Oct 2010, in Crete, Greece. Availability of online scientific program, abstract submission, registration and hotel bookings will be open from March 15. For more information on the congress, please click here.

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New Scientific Articles from MEAJO

Emergent infectious uveitis

Infectious causes should always be considered in patients with uveitis and ruled out. Differential diagnosis includes multiple diseases including herpes, syphilis, toxoplasmosis, tuberculosis, bartonellosis, Lyme disease, and others. However, clinicians should be aware of emerging infectious agents as potential causes of systemic illness and intraocular inflammation. Air travel, immigration, and globalization of business have contributed to these infectious diseases. This review recapitulates systemic and ocular mainfestations of several emergent infectious diseases relevant to the ophthalmologist including Rickettsioses, West Nile virus infection, Rift valley fever, dengue fever, and chikungunya. Retinitis, chorioretinitis, retinal vasculitis, and optic nerve involvement have been associated with these emergent infectious diseases. The diagnosis of any of these infections is usually based on pattern of uveitis, systemic symptoms and signs, and specific epidemiological data and confirmed by detection of specific antibody in serum.

Khairallah M, Jelliti B, Jenzeri S. Emergent infectious uveitis. Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol 2009;16:225-38

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Appraisal, work-up and diagnosis of anterior uveitis: A practical approach

Uveitis is an obscure and complicated field in ophthalmology restricted to few who had the knowledge to treat. Ophthalmologists turned away from uveitis or were not knowledgeable when they chose to take care of uveitis patients. The consequences of this fell to patients. Over 15 years, our group has been represented by the Society for Ophthalmo-Immunoinfectiology in Europe (SOIE), which has been working to provide basic knowledge of uveitis to practicing ophthalmologists. Our firm believe is that up to 70% of uveitis cases, especially anterior uveitis, can be treated by ophthalmologists following a structured approach in the uveitis case. Judging from attendance obtained, the response to our approach where we offer classes has been inversely proportional to the previous disinterest since we started publicizing it.

Herbort CP. Appraisal, work-up and diagnosis of anterior uveitis: A practical approach. Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol 2009;16:159-67

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