SARS-CoV-2 on Ocular Surfaces in a Cohort of Patients With COVID-19 From the Lombardy Region, Italy.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Since February 2020, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread rapidly all over the world, with an epidemiological cluster in Lombardy, Italy. The viral communicability may be mediated by various body fluids, but insufficient information is available on the presence of the virus in human tears.

Objectives

To investigate the rate of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in tears collected from patients with COVID-19 by means of real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) assay and to assess the association of virus presence with concomitant clinical conditions.

Design, setting, and participants

Cross-sectional study conducted between April 9 and May 5, 2020. The setting was intensive care units at Azienda S

SUBMITTER: Azzolini C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7934077 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature