SARS-CoV-2 in the ocular surface of COVID-19 patients

The 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread globally, while the routes of transmission of this virus are still controversial. We enrolled 33 patients, without any ocular manifestation, with their ocular surface swabs...

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Autores principales: Xie, Hua-Tao, Jiang, Shi-Yun, Xu, Kang-Kang, Liu, Xin, Xu, Bing, Wang, Lin, Zhang, Ming-Chang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
Materias:
Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7183451/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32355863
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40662-020-00189-0
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Sumario:The 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread globally, while the routes of transmission of this virus are still controversial. We enrolled 33 patients, without any ocular manifestation, with their ocular surface swabs collected for virus detection. RNA was detected strong positive in samples of both eyes from two patients. Therefore, SARS-CoV-2 may exist in the normal ocular surface of COVID-19 patients, suggesting that this virus might be spread through conjunctival contact.

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