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 …

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 …

Implications of COVID-19 for Ophthalmologists

HV Danesh-Meyer, CNJ McGhee - American Journal of Ophthalmology, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose To describe and explain the implications of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
for ophthalmologists considering the rapid developments in our understanding of the …

COVID-19 and ophthalmology: an underappreciated occupational hazard

IC Kuo, TP O'Brien - Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 2020 - cambridge.org
The proximity required of a thorough biomicroscopic slit-lamp examination may put
ophthalmologists at increased risk for respiratory-borne infection with SARS-CoV-2 …

SARS-CoV-2 on the ocular surface: is it truly a novel transmission route?

X Chen, H Yu, T Mei, B Chen, L Chen, S Li… - British Journal of …, 2021 - bjo.bmj.com
Since December 2019, the novel COVID-19 outbreak has spread rapidly around the globe
and infected millions of people. Although the major transmission route of severe acute …

The possibility of COVID‐19 transmission from eye to nose.

H Qing, Z Li, Z Yang, M Shi, Z Huang… - Acta …, 2020 - search.ebscohost.com
Abstract The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is not only spreading throughout China but has …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 disease and ophthalmology: an update

MA Amesty, JL Alio del Barrio, JL Alió - Ophthalmology and Therapy, 2020 - Springer
The worldwide outbreak of the severe and acute respiratory coronavirus disease (COVID-
19) caused by the coronavirus strain SARS-CoV-2 is currently the focal point of discussion …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …