Occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 in the intraocular milieu.
Exp Eye Res
; 201: 108273, 2020 12.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1023565
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this research is to study the intraocular occurrence of SARS-CoV-2. In postmortem examinations, aqueous humor and the vitreous samples were collected. All individuals were previously positive in nasopharyngeal swabbing and cause of death was respiratory failure due to SARS-CoV-2 infection. Testing was done using quantitative RT-PCR. We included 16 aqueous humor and 16 vitreous samples for PCR testing. None of the results was positive for SARS-CoV-2. Human GAPDH genes to verify the presence of RNA was present in all aqueous humor samples (16/16, 100%) and 15/16 (93.8%) vitreous samples. In conclusion, this case series found no evidence of SARS-CoV-2 in the intraocular milieu.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Aqueous Humor
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Vitreous Body
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RNA, Viral
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COVID-19 Testing
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SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Exp Eye Res
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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