Severe acute respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus-2: Can it be detected in the retina?

Tarek BayyoudAngelika IftnerThomas IftnerKarl Ulrich Bartz-SchmidtFocke ZiemssenHans BösmüllerFalko FendJens Martin RohrbachMarius UeffingMichael SchindlerSebastian Thaler

Published in: PloS one (2021)

In this study, no significant level of SARS-CoV-2-RNA was detected in the human retinal and vitreous fluid samples of deceased COVID-19 patients. Histopathological examinations confirmed no morphological sign of damage to retinal vasculature or tissues. Further studies are needed to confirm or refute the results.

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