New Safety Aspects in Corneal Donation—Studies on SARS-CoV-2-Positive Corneal Donors

New Safety Aspects in Corneal Donation—Studies on SARS-CoV-2-Positive Corneal Donors

In the tissue donation field, to prevent pathogen transmission, all donors are screened by postmortem swabs for SARS-CoV-2 using qRT–PCR. Corneas from donors who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 were subjected to further investigations. Corneal transplants and culture medium from positive donors were...

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Main Authors: Diana Wille, Joana Heinzelmann, Astrid Kehlen, Marc Lütgehetmann, Dominik S. Nörz, Udo Siebolts, Anke Mueller, Matthias Karrasch, Nicola Hofmann, Anja Viestenz, Martin Börgel, Ferenc Kuhn, Arne Viestenz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-06-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
cornea
donation
cornea transplant
corneal tissue
qRT–PCR
subgenomic RNA
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/11/12/3312

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https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/11/12/3312

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