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ArticleArquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia2024

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 virus on the ocular surface of an asymptomatic health-care professional.

Luísa Grave Gross, Matheus Schwengber Gasparini, Leandro Mechi Dos Santos, Ahmad Mohamad Ali Hamade, Arthur Pinheiro Favarato, Pierina Lorencini Parise, José Luiz Proença-Modena, Mônica Alves

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Article in Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Luísa Grave GrossDepartment of Ophthalmology and Otorhinolaryngology, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-0122-5781
Matheus Schwengber GaspariniDepartment of Ophthalmology and Otorhinolaryngology, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Leandro Mechi Dos SantosDepartment of Ophthalmology and Otorhinolaryngology, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Ahmad Mohamad Ali HamadeDepartment of Ophthalmology and Otorhinolaryngology, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Arthur Pinheiro FavaratoDepartment of Ophthalmology and Otorhinolaryngology, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Pierina Lorencini PariseLaboratory of Emerging Viruses, Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biology, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
José Luiz Proença-ModenaLaboratory of Emerging Viruses, Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biology, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-4996-3153
Mônica AlvesDepartment of Ophthalmology and Otorhinolaryngology, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-7940-0194

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Its main form of transmission is through respiratory droplets. Case reports have described the presence of this virus in biological materials such as blood, feces, urine, and tears, which generate hypotheses about other means thereby the disease is transmitted. In this report, we describe a case of SARS-CoV-2 identified on the eye surface of an asymptomatic health-care professional. The nasopharyngeal reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction test, using a sample collected on the same day, and the serological test, performed 3 months later, did not reveal any evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection. These results alert on the possibility of a false-positive reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction result for the ocular surface or the presence of the virus in the conjunctival mucosa in individuals without infection.

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PMCPMC11826538

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