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Correspondence: Jessica Shantha, Uveitis and Medical Retina, Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, 1365B Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA, jshanth@emory.edu
The authors gratefully acknowledge Ebola virus disease survivors and their families, as well as their many partners in Sierra Leone and Liberia with whom they have worked.
Specifically, the authors thank the Lowell and Ruth Gess/Kissy United Methodist Church Eye Hospital, Dr. Lowell Gess and the Gess family, Mr. Roger and Mrs. Melanie Reiners, Mr. Ibrahim Conteh, Central Global Vision Fund and Christian Blind Mission International.
We also thank the Sierra Leone Association of Ebola Survivors, Bishop John Yambasu, Mr. Rahm and Mrs. Radha Sitaraman, Partners in Health, Santen, Inc, Alcon Research Institute, Bayer Global Ophthalmology Awards Program, the Marcus Foundation, Emory University School of Medicine, Emory Global Health Institute, Emory Retina and Uveitis Services, and the Emory Eye Center leadership for their support.
Disclosures: S Yeh reports being a consultant for Santen, Inc. and Clearside Biomedical. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript.
This includes employment, consultancies, honoraria, stock ownership or options, expert testimony, grants or patents received or pending, or royalties.
This project was supported by unrestricted departmental grant from Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc. (New York, NY),
NIH/NEI core grant P30-EY06360 (Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine),
Building Interdisciplinary Careers in Women’s Health of the National Institutes of Health K12HD085850 ( J Shantha)
Alcon Research Institute Young Investigator Grant (S Yeh)
Bayer Global Ophthalmology Awards Program (J Shantha)
Marcus Foundation Combating Childhood Illness Seed Grant to Emory Global Health Institute (S Yeh)
Emory University Research Committee Grant (S Yeh) and an unrestricted grant from Santen, Inc. (S Yeh, J Shantha) and the Rahm Sitaraman family.
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