COVID-19 and conjunctivitis: a meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: COVID-19 is a disease first identified in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, in December 2019, causes by a SARS-COV-2 virus infection. By 27 October 2020, 43,921,473 confirmed cases were reported worldwide, with 1,166,389 COVID-19 deaths. Conjunctivitis has been reported in adults and pediatric patients with COVID-19.

Objective

The aim of this meta-analysis is to estimate the odd Ratio (ORs) of conjunctivitis in patients with COVID-19.

Methods

A systematic review and meta-analysis have been performed using the PubMed and Google Scholar literature search. The ORs of conjunctivitis in adults and pediatric patients is the outcome of this meta-analysis.

Results

There have been 1041 articles published since the outbreak in December 2019, according to the latest literature.

SUBMITTER: Al-Namaeh M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7994922 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature