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

The Lancet

Volumn 395, Issue 10224, 2020, Pages e39-

  Lu, Cheng wei ^a   Liu, Xiu fen ^a   Jia, Zhi fang ^a  

^a THE FIRST HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; EYE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MEDICAL EXPERT; MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SARS-RELATED CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRINAE;

SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2;

BETACORONAVIRUS; CHINA; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS;

EID: 85079688163     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30313-5     Document Type: Letter

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