Occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 in the intraocular milieu.
Aqueous humor
Intraocular milieu
SARS-CoV-2
Vitreous body
Journal
Experimental eye research
ISSN: 1096-0007
Titre abrégé: Exp Eye Res
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0370707
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
12 2020
12 2020
Historique:
received:
14
08
2020
revised:
22
09
2020
accepted:
25
09
2020
pubmed:
30
9
2020
medline:
30
12
2020
entrez:
29
9
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
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.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32991885
pii: S0014-4835(20)30531-5
doi: 10.1016/j.exer.2020.108273
pmc: PMC7521885
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
RNA, Viral
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
108273Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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