The possibility of COVID-19 transmission from eye to nose

Acta Ophthalmol. 2020 May;98(3):e388. doi: 10.1111/aos.14412. Epub 2020 Mar 18.

Authors

Huiling Qing¹, Zhijie Li¹, Zhengwei Yang¹, Menghai Shi¹, Zixu Huang¹, Jinghui Song², Zongming Song¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Henan Eye Institute, Henan Eye Hospital, Henan provincial People's Hospital and People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
² Department of infectious disease, Henan provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, China.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus / physiology*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / transmission*
Eye*
Humans
Nose*
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / transmission*
SARS-CoV-2
Virus Internalization