Ocular conjunctival inoculation of SARS-CoV-2 can cause mild COVID-19 in rhesus macaques

W Deng, L Bao, H Gao, Z Xiang, Y Qu, Z Song… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is highly transmitted
through the respiratory route, but potential extra-respiratory routes of SARS-CoV-2 …

Rhesus macaques can be effectively infected with SARS-CoV-2 via ocular conjunctival route

W Deng, L Bao, H Gao, Z Xiang, Y Qu, Z Song, S Gong… - BioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
Abstract The outbreak of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is highly infectious and
transmitted mainly through human-to-human transmission via respiratory droplets and direct …

The ocular surface, coronaviruses and COVID‐19

MDP Willcox, K Walsh, JJ Nichols… - Clinical and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The ocular surface has been suggested as a site of infection with Coronavirus‐2 (SARS‐
CoV‐2) responsible for the coronavirus disease‐19 (COVID‐19). This review examines the …

Potential of ocular transmission of SARS-CoV-2: a review

BP Barnett, K Wahlin, M Krawczyk, D Spencer… - Vision, 2020 - mdpi.com
Purpose of review: to provide a prospective on the current mechanisms by which SARS-CoV-
2 enters cells and replicates, and its implications for ocular transmission. The literature was …

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in conjunctival secretions from patients without ocular symptoms

X Li, JFW Chan, KKW Li, EYK Tso, CCY Yip, S Sridhar… - Infection, 2021 - Springer
Purpose To evaluate the presence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) in conjunctival secretions from patients without ocular symptoms. Methods …

Evidence of SARS-CoV-2 transmission through the ocular route

JY Qu, HT Xie, MC Zhang - Clinical Ophthalmology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Currently, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is raging around
the world. However, the transmission of its pathogen, severe acute respiratory syndrome …

Tropism, replication competence, and innate immune responses of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 in human respiratory tract and conjunctiva: an analysis in ex-vivo and …

KPY Hui, MC Cheung, RAPM Perera, KC Ng… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in
December 2019, causing a respiratory disease (coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19) of …

Ocular dectection of SARS-CoV-2 in 114 cases of COVID-19 pneumonia in Wuhan, China: an observational study

C Deng, Y Yang, H Chen, W Chen, Z Chen… - … observational study (2 …, 2020 - papers.ssrn.com
Background: An outbreak of infectious 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pneumonia is
taking place in China. Meanwhile, the extra-respiratory transmissible routes of SARS-CoV-2 …

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

HT Xie, SY Jiang, KK Xu, X Liu, B Xu, L Wang… - Eye and Vision, 2020 - Springer
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Is novel coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) transmitted through conjunctiva?

Y Peng, YH Zhou - Journal of medical virology, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We read with interest the article of Dr Xia et al 1 on the detection of RNA of severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) in tears and conjunctival secretions of …