2019-nCoV transmission through the ocular surface must not be ignored

By Cheng-wei Lu, Xiu-Fen Liu, Z. Jia. The Lancet, 2020

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Subfields: Infectious Diseases, Ophthalmology

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Citations in the corpus

• SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater: State of the knowledge and research needs (2020, neutral): “(2020) reported that macaques infected with 10(6) via an ocular (2/3) or intratracheal (1/3) route of exposure had a positive viral load in nose and throat swabs from 1 to 7 days post inoculation, supporting reports of ocular transmission reported for a healthcare worker infected with SARS-CoV-2 whi”
• SARS-CoV-2: an Emerging Coronavirus that Causes a Global Threat (2020, background): “A member of the national expert panel on pneumonia was infected by SARS-CoV-2 after the inspection in Wuhan [37] .”
• Using X-ray images and deep learning for automated detection of coronavirus disease (2020, background): “One of the other preferred vectors of virus transmission is in contact with unwashed hands soiled with droplets (Anwarul et al., 2020; Elfiky, 2020a; Enmozhi et al., 2020; Landry et al., 2020; Li, Guan, et al., 2020; Liu, Han, et al., 2020; Lu et al., 2020; Rowan & Laffey, 2020; Yang et al., 2020).”
• COVID-19: what has been learned and to be learned about the novel coronavirus disease (2020, methodology): “On January 22, 2020, a doctor was infected with SARS-CoV-2 although he wore an N95 mask; the virus might have entered his body through his inflammatory eyes [119] .”
• The impact of physical activity on psychological health during Covid-19 pandemic in Italy (2020, background): “Its transmission through oral or conjunctival way is still unknown, but SARS-CoV-2 has been found in tears, and Lu and coauthors reported that human conjunctival epithelium could be easily contaminated by infected droplets or other body fluids [6].”
• Evaluation of coronavirus in tears and conjunctival secretions of patients with SARS‐CoV‐2 infection (2020, methodology): “Thus, many doctors suspect that it is related to contact with tears or conjunctival secretions of patients.(11) In the study of this small sample, we used conjunctival test paper to obtain tears and conjunctival secretions of 30 patients for standard RT‐PCR assay.”
• Can the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Affect the Eyes? A Review of Coronaviruses and Ocular Implications in Humans and Animals (2020, background): “28, 29 As the epidemic is still in its early stages, not much has been published with regards to the SARS-CoV-2 pathogenic mechanisms, especially with respect to ocular tissues.”
• The deadly coronaviruses: The 2003 SARS pandemic and the 2020 novel coronavirus epidemic in China (2020, neutral): “Unprotected exposure of the eyes to SARS-CoV-2 in the Wuhan Fever Clinic may have allowed the virus to enter his body [24].”