Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease at the University of Tokyo, in 1911. It was the much later article, published in 1929, that definitively associated Koyanagi with the disease. Harada's 1926 paper is recognized for its comprehensive description of what is now known as Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease. Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease (VKH), also known as Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada syndrome, uveomeningitis syndrome and uveomeningoencephalitic syndrome, is a multisystem disease of presumed autoimmune cause, that affects pigmented tissues, which have melanin. The most significant manifestation is bilateral, diffuse uveitis, which affects the eye. VKH may variably also involve the inner ear with effects on hearing, the skin, and the meninges of
Wilt disease Scots pines ("Pinus sylvestris"), and this attractive tree is no longer recommended for landscaping uses there. Stewart's wilt is caused by the bacteria "Pantoea stewartii" and affects corn plants especially sweet corn. It is a problem in the production of sweet corn in the Northeastern US. Verticillium wilt affects over 300 species of eudicot plants caused by one of two species of "Verticillium" fungus, "V. dahliae" and "V. albo-atrum". Many economically important plants are susceptible including cotton, tomatoes, potatoes, eggplants, peppers and ornamentals, as well as others in natural vegetation communities. Wilt disease A wilt disease is any number of