Investiagation of possible mechanism of eye transmission of SARS-CoV-2 based on SARS-CoV

VernacularTitle:从SARS冠状病毒探讨新型冠状病毒眼途径传播的可能机制
Author: Fu-Lai Niu ¹
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1. Department of Ophthalmology,the 940th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of PLA, Lanzhou 730050, Gansu Province, ChinaCo-first authors: Fu-Lai Niu and Na-Na Ku.
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: SARS coronavirus; SARS-CoV-2; eye transmission; mechanism
From: International Eye Science 2020;20(4):729-732
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: SARS-CoV-2 has been spreading rapidly since its outbreak in December 2019.Understanding its epidemiological characteristics, especially cutting off transmission routes, is crucial to controlling the spread of the disease. In the study of transmission pathway, the issue of whether SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted through ocular surface tissue has also aroused concerns, but there are still no clinically confirmed cases and laboratory evidence of its infection through ocular surface tissue. New research suggests that the SARS-CoV-2 belongs to the same genus as SARS coronavirus(SARS-CoV), and that it enters cells in the same way as SARS-CoV. This paper reviews the research on SARS-CoV to investigate the possible mechanism of eye transmission of SARS-CoV-2.
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