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cord-298991-5qae0ege	Aiello, Francesco	Coronavirus disease 2019 (SARS-CoV-2) and colonization of ocular tissues and secretions: a systematic review	2020-05-18		.txt	text/plain	3143	183	50	SARS-CoV-2 may use ocular structure as an additional transmission route, as demonstrated by the COVID-19 patients' conjunctival secretion and tears positivity to reverse transcriptase-PCR SARS-CoV-2-RNA assay. This systematic review will firstly attempt to analyse the current knowledge on SARS-CoV-2 colonization of ocular and periocular tissues and secretions (i.e., cornea, conjunctiva, lacrimal sac, and tears), in order elucidate if conjunctival transmission occurs, and secondarily aims to propose a potential diagnostic tool in the evaluation of suspected, infected patients. Due to the scant evidence, both original articles, editorials, letters, and reviews providing evidence (i.e., prevalence, anecdotal report) about SARS-CoV-2 colonization of ocular and periocular tissues and secretions were all included in the study. This systematic review analysed 252 SARS-CoV-2infected patients globally who underwent conjunctival swab, and demonstrates the prevalence of ocular conjunctivitis complicating the course of COVID-19 to be as high as 32% (12 patients out 38) , differently as what Lu et al.	./cache/cord-298991-5qae0ege.txt	./txt/cord-298991-5qae0ege.txt