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Editor, Senior Moderator
Ophthalmologe
. 2020 Jun 18.
doi: 10.1007/s00347-020-01151-0. Online ahead of print.
[First Results of Investigations of SARS-CoV‑2 RNA in Human Corneal Tissue]
[Article in German]
Tarek Bayyoud[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Thomas Iftner[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Karl Ulrich Bartz-Schmidt[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Jens Martin Rohrbach[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Marius Ueffing[SUP] 3 4 [/SUP], Michael Schindler[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Sebastian Thaler[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Preliminary investigations of human corneal tissues from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cadaveric donors indicated that no severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) RNA is present. Current eye banking guidelines do not recommend any type of routine testing for SARS-CoV‑2 RNA in post-mortem donor tissue. This is partly based on factors that can influence the test results of the reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).
Keywords: COVID-19; Cornea; RT-PCR; Tissue donor; Tissue procurement and processing.
. 2020 Jun 18.
doi: 10.1007/s00347-020-01151-0. Online ahead of print.
[First Results of Investigations of SARS-CoV‑2 RNA in Human Corneal Tissue]
[Article in German]
Tarek Bayyoud[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Thomas Iftner[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Karl Ulrich Bartz-Schmidt[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Jens Martin Rohrbach[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Marius Ueffing[SUP] 3 4 [/SUP], Michael Schindler[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Sebastian Thaler[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32556553
- DOI: 10.1007/s00347-020-01151-0
Abstract
Preliminary investigations of human corneal tissues from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cadaveric donors indicated that no severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) RNA is present. Current eye banking guidelines do not recommend any type of routine testing for SARS-CoV‑2 RNA in post-mortem donor tissue. This is partly based on factors that can influence the test results of the reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).
Keywords: COVID-19; Cornea; RT-PCR; Tissue donor; Tissue procurement and processing.