Evaluation of coronavirus in tears and conjunctival secretions of patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2020, Pages 589-594

  Xia, Jianhua ^a   Tong, Jianping ^a   Liu, Mengyun ^a   Shen, Ye ^a   Guo, Dongyu ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

coronavirus; horizontal transmission; infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODILY SECRETIONS; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVAL SECRETION; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL FLUID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARS-RELATED CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BETACORONAVIRUS; CHEMISTRY; CONJUNCTIVA; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY TECHNIQUE; PANDEMIC; PATHOGENICITY; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BETACORONAVIRUS; BODILY SECRETIONS; CHINA; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CONJUNCTIVA; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEARS;

EID: 85081720938     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.25725     Document Type: Article

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