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

Xia, Jianhua; Tong, Jianping; Liu, Mengyun; Shen, Ye; Guo, Dongyu

doi:10.1002/jmv.25725

articleJournal of Medical VirologyFeb 26, 2020GREEN OA

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

JXJianhua Xia JTJianping Tong MLMengyun Liu YSYe Shen DGDongyu Guo

First Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University

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Abstract

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 interventional case series study was performed, and 30 confirmed novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP) patients were selected at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University from 26 January 2020 to 9 February 2020. At an interval of 2 to 3 days, tear and conjunctival secretions were collected twice with disposable sampling swabs for reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay.

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Topics

Keywords

Tears
Medicine
Coronavirus
Conjunctiva
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
Virology
Pneumonia
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

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