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cord-348696-86nbwon2	Güemes-Villahoz, Noemi	Novel Insights into the Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Through the Ocular Surface and its Detection in Tears and Conjunctival Secretions: A Review	2020-08-18		.txt	text/plain	4199	216	43	title: Novel Insights into the Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Through the Ocular Surface and its Detection in Tears and Conjunctival Secretions: A Review A multicenter study which documented potential risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 transmission in patients requiring intubation [7] reported that unprotected eye contact with secretions from infected patients was the most predictive variable for transmission to healthcare workers. A recent study evaluated the ocular tropism of SARS-CoV-2 in patients with confirmed COVID-19. Of the 56 subjects investigated there was only one patient who gave a history of prior pterygium surgery, with conjunctivitis and a positive PCR result from the conjunctival swab highlighting the importance of an intact ocular surface in resisting virus invasion [25] . Despite ocular complications not being a common clinically detectable manifestation of SARS-CoV-2 infection, recent evidence suggests that ocular exposure may represent a major transmission route for the virus. Evaluation of coronavirus in tears and conjunctival secretions of patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection in tears and conjunctival secretions of COVID-19 patients with conjunctivitis	./cache/cord-348696-86nbwon2.txt	./txt/cord-348696-86nbwon2.txt