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cord-264916-c4n0kyog	Zimmerman, Keith	Natural protection of ocular surface from viral infections – a hypothesis	2020-07-09		.txt	text/plain	4671	225	46	A pandemic outbreak of a viral respiratory infection (COVID-19) caused by a coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) prompted a multitude of research focused on various aspects of this disease. In this work, we discuss the significance of natural protective factors related to anatomical and physiological properties of the eyes and preventing the deposition of large number of virus-loaded particles on the ocular surface. Specifically, we advance the hypothesis that the standing potential of the eye plays an important role in repelling aerosol particles (microdroplets) from the surface of the eye and discuss factors associated with this hypothesis, possible ways to test it and its implications in terms of prevention of ocular infections. This hypothesis could be tested by measuring the electrical charge of bioaerosol generated by normal breathing in healthy subjects and in patients with viral infections caused by different viruses, causing respiratory infections or with suspected aerosol transmission pathway.	./cache/cord-264916-c4n0kyog.txt	./txt/cord-264916-c4n0kyog.txt