Ocular surface : A route for SARS CoV-2 transmission- a case report

© 2021 International Hemorrhagic Stroke Association. Publishing services by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of KeAi Communications Co. Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)..

SARS-CoV-2 infections are transmitted through droplets or through direct contact with secretions from an infected person. The transmission of the virus through tears and other body secretions remains controversial. PCR detection of Covid-19 in the samples/swabs taken from nasopharynx, CSF fluid, and tears, clarifies that the virus may be transmitted through the modes other than aerosol droplets or direct contact. In order to control and prevent this infectious disease, cutting-off the route of transmission will be one of the most important steps. SARS-CoV-2 RNA has been detected in tears and conjunctival samples of patients. The ocular tropism of Covid-19 is still uncertain but contentious.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:2

Enthalten in:

Brain hemorrhages - 2(2021), 4 vom: 22. Dez., Seite 139-140

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hassan, Muhammad [VerfasserIn]
Mustafa, Fatima [VerfasserIn]
Syed, Fibhaa [VerfasserIn]
Mustafa, Abdullah [VerfasserIn]
Mushtaq, Hafiza Faiza [VerfasserIn]
Khan, Naveed Ullah [VerfasserIn]
Hussain, Nadir [VerfasserIn]
Badshah, Mazhar [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Case Reports
Covid-19
SARS- CoV-2
Tears

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Date Revised 16.12.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.hest.2021.09.003

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NLM330871951