Coronavirus disease 2019: What we know?

F He, Y Deng, W Li - Journal of medical virology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In late December 2019, a cluster of unexplained pneumonia cases has been reported in
Wuhan, China. A few days later, the causative agent of this mysterious pneumonia was …

Can the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) affect the eyes? A review of coronaviruses and ocular implications in humans and animals

I Seah, R Agrawal - Ocular immunology and inflammation, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
In December 2019, a novel coronavirus (CoV) epidemic, caused by the severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus–2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged from China. This virus causes …

Evaluation of coronavirus in tears and conjunctival secretions of patients with SARS‐CoV‐2 infection

J Xia, J Tong, M Liu, Y Shen… - Journal of medical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This study aimed to assess the presence of novel coronavirus in tears and
conjunctival secretions of SARS–CoV‐2‐infected patients. Methods A prospective …

Body localization of ACE-2: on the trail of the keyhole of SARS-CoV-2

F Salamanna, M Maglio, MP Landini, M Fini - Frontiers in medicine, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The explosion of the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has brought the role of the
angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) back into the scientific limelight. Since SARS-CoV …

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 …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome: historical, epidemiologic, and clinical features

DSC Hui, A Zumla - Infectious Disease Clinics, 2019 - id.theclinics.com
Over the past 2 decades 2 previously unknown coronaviruses (CoVs), the severe acute
respiratory syndrome CoV (SARS-CoV) and the Middle East respiratory syndrome CoV …

Stepping up infection control measures in ophthalmology during the novel coronavirus outbreak: an experience from Hong Kong

THT Lai, EWH Tang, SKY Chau, KSC Fung… - Graefe's Archive for …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has rapidly emerged as a global health
threat. The purpose of this article is to share our local experience of stepping up infection …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Ocular manifestations of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

N Nasiri, H Sharifi, A Bazrafshan, A Noori… - Journal of ophthalmic …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Several studies have reported the characteristics of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19),
yet there is a gap in our understanding of the ocular manifestations of COVID-19. In this …

Emergency surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: what you need to know for practice

B De Simone, E Chouillard… - The Annals of The …, 2020 - publishing.rcseng.ac.uk
Introduction Several articles have been published about the reorganisation of surgical
activity during the COVID-19 pandemic but few, if any, have focused on the impact that this …