SARS-COV-2 and Ocular Surface: From Physiology to Pathology, a Route to Understand Transmission and Disease

SARS-COV-2 and Ocular Surface: From Physiology to Pathology, a Route to Understand Transmission and Disease

Coronaviruses gained public attention during the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in East Asia in 2003 and spread of Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome (MERS) in 2012. Direct human-to-human contact and droplet are the main methods of transmission. Viral stability in aerosols on dif...

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Main Authors: Dalton de Freitas Santoro, Luciene Barbosa de Sousa, Niels O. S. Câmara, Denise de Freitas, Lauro Augusto de Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
Subjects:
COVID-19
SARS-COV-2
ocular surface
ACE2 receptor
conjunctiva
IgA
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2021.612319/full

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