Evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 in tears of patients with moderate to severe COVID-19

R Arora, R Goel, S Kumar, M Chhabra, S Saxena… - Ophthalmology, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose To investigate the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in tears of patients with moderate
to severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Design Cross-sectional study. Participants …

Detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus-2 in the tears of patients with Coronavirus disease 2019

S Karimi, A Arabi, T Shahraki, S Safi - Eye, 2020 - nature.com
Objectives Since there are few reports on the ocular involvement of coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19) patients, this study aimed to assess the presence of severe acute …

Presence of viral RNA of SARS-CoV-2 in conjunctival swab specimens of COVID-19 patients

K Kumar, AA Prakash, SB Gangasagara… - Indian journal of …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: To detect the presence of viral RNA of severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) in conjunctival swab specimens of coronavirus disease-19 …

Evaluation of ocular symptoms and tropism of SARS‐CoV‐2 in patients confirmed with COVID‐19

N Hong, W Yu, J Xia, Y Shen, M Yap… - Acta …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Purpose The SARS‐CoV‐2 RNA has been detected in tears and conjunctival
samples from infected individuals. Conjunctivitis is also reported in a small number of cases …

SARS-CoV-2 on ocular surfaces in a cohort of patients with COVID-19 from the Lombardy region, Italy

C Azzolini, S Donati, E Premi, A Baj… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Since February 2020, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread rapidly
all over the world, with an epidemiological cluster in Lombardy, Italy. The viral …

Ocular manifestations of a hospitalised patient with confirmed 2019 novel coronavirus disease

L Chen, M Liu, Z Zhang, K Qiao, T Huang… - British Journal of …, 2020 - bjo.bmj.com
Purpose To report the ocular characteristics and the presence of viral RNA of severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in conjunctival swab specimens in a …

Characteristics of ocular findings of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Hubei Province, China

P Wu, F Duan, C Luo, Q Liu, X Qu, L Liang… - JAMA …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance While the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has resulted in
more than 100 000 infected individuals in China and worldwide, there are few reports on the …

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in the tears and conjunctival secretions of Coronavirus disease 2019 patients

H Kaya, A Çalışkan, M Okul, T Sarı… - The Journal of Infection in …, 2020 - jidc.org
Introduction: Current studies suggest that tears and conjunctival secretions may be an
important transmission route in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The study aims to …

Evaluation of conjunctival swab PCR results in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection

M Atum, AAE Boz, B Çakır, O Karabay… - Ocular immunology …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose The study objective was to identify severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus
2 (SARS-CoV-2) RNA in conjunctival swabs from patients with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 …

Ocular surface manifestation of COVID-19 and tear film analysis

A Meduri, GW Oliverio, G Mancuso, A Giuffrida… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
To evaluate the ocular manifestation in patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) and to search for the presence of severe acute respiratory syndrome …