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COVID-19 & Respiratory Viruses

In the eye of the storm: SARS-CoV-2 infection and replication at the ocular surface?

Lyle Armstrong | Joseph Collin | Islam Mostafa | Rachel Queen |Francisco C. Figueiredo | Majlinda Lako Biosciences Institute, Faculty of MedicalSciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK.Department of Ophthalmology, Royal VictoriaInfirmary and Newcastle University,Newcastle, UK. AbstractSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) first emerged inDecember 2019 and spread quickly causing the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19) pandemic. Recent… Read More »In the eye of the storm: SARS-CoV-2 infection and replication at the ocular surface?

SARS-CoV-2 and the Eyes: A Review of the Literature on Transmission, Detection, and Ocular Manifestations

Michalina Szczęśniak e-mail: misia.szczesniak@gmail.com, & Joanna Brydak-Godowska Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland ABSTRACT During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, numerous reports of ocular anomalies occurringin patients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) have emerged. Themost frequently reported pathology is conjunctivitis, which may be the first or only… Read More »SARS-CoV-2 and the Eyes: A Review of the Literature on Transmission, Detection, and Ocular Manifestations

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

Claudio Azzolini, MD; Simone Donati, MD; Elias Premi, MD; Andreina Baj, MD; Claudia Siracusa, BMedBiol;Angelo Genoni, BMedSci; Paolo A. Grossi, MD; Lorenzo Azzi, MD; Fausto Sessa, MD; Francesco Dentali, MD;Paolo Severgnini, MD; Giulio Minoja, MD; Luca Cabrini, MD; Maurizio Chiaravalli, MD; Giovanni Veronesi, MD;Giulio Carcano, MD; Lorenzo S. Maffioli, MD; Angelo Tagliabue, MD Key Points… Read More »SARS-CoV-2 on Ocular Surfaces in a Cohort of PatientsWith COVID-19 From the Lombardy Region, Italy

SARS-CoV-2: eye protection might be the missing key

Minas Theodore Coroneo, Peter John Collignonm.coroneo@unsw.edu.auDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of New South Wales at Prince ofWales Hospital, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia (MTC); Department of InfectiousDiseases and Microbiology, Canberra Hospital, Garran, ACT, Australia (PJC);Department of Infectious Disease, Medical School, Australian NationalUniversity, Acton, ACT, Australia (PJC) Remarkably, a year after the COVID-19 outbreak, weremain ineffectual against widespread… Read More »SARS-CoV-2: eye protection might be the missing key

Challenges of wearing face masks in ophthalmology during the COVID-19 pandemic

Amin Zand, Kaveh Abri AghdamEye Research Center, The Five Senses Institute,Rassoul Akram Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences,Tehran, IranCorrespondence to: Dr. Kaveh Abri Aghdam,Department of Ophthalmology, Eye Research Center,The Five Senses Institute, Rassoul Akram Hospital,Sattarkhan-Niayesh St. Tehran 14456-13131, Iran.E-mail: kaveh.abri@gmail.com Dear Editor, The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemichas affected health care services deeply. During… Read More »Challenges of wearing face masks in ophthalmology during the COVID-19 pandemic

ACE2 and TMPRSS2 are expressed on the human ocular surface, suggesting susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection

Lingli Zhou a,c , Zhenhua Xu a , Gianni M. Castiglione a , Uri S. Soiberman a , Charles G. Eberhart a,b,Elia J. Duh a, Department of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USAb Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USAc State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center,… Read More »ACE2 and TMPRSS2 are expressed on the human ocular surface, suggesting susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection