SARS-COV-2 viral load in tears of patients with COVID-19 in the early symptomatic stages: comparison of two different tear sampling methods.

Ayşe Demirciler Sönmez Sevda Aydin Kurna F G Aslan Fatih Bilgehan KaplanB AçıkalınP Eker

Published in: International ophthalmology (2022)

The SARS-CoV-2 viral shedding rate has been determined as 2.5% in the tears of early symptomatic stage COVID-19 patients. The viral load of the tears was lower than the naso-oropharynx. The conjunctival swab method is recommended in tear collection to evaluate the presence of SARS-CoV-2 by RT-PCR analysis in low viral load tears.

Keyphrases

sars cov
rotator cuff
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
data analysis