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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?

Antiseptics in the era of bacterial resistance: a focus on povidone iodine

Jean-Marie Lachapelle, Olivier Castel, Alejandro Fueyo Casado ,Bernard Leroy, Giuseppe Micali, Dominique Tennstedt & Julien Lambert Abstract Antiseptics have broader spectrums of antimicrobial activity than antibiotics and a much lower risk of bacterial resistance selection. Antiseptics are therefore appropriate alternatives to antibiotics for the management of localized superficial skin infections. Povidone iodine has the broadest… Read More »Antiseptics in the era of bacterial resistance: a focus on povidone iodine

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

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