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cord-326375-8m4110k3	Seitzman, Gerami D.	No Time for Tears	2020-03-26		.txt	text/plain	968	77	52	In this issue, Jun et al, 1 (https:// www.aaojournal.org/article/S0161-6420(20)30311-0/fulltext) from the National Health Care Group Eye Institute in Singapore, report that they were unable to detect SARS-CoV-2 in the tears of 17 patients diagnosed with COVID-19. 2, 3 In a separate study that evaluated conjunctival swabs of 30 patients with COVID-19 pneumonia in China, only 1 patient demonstrated conjunctivitis, and those swabs showed positive results for SARS-CoV-2 by reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction analysis. Patients who seek treatment from an ophthalmologist and screen positive for signs, symptoms, or both of COVID-19 should forgo an eye examination for prompt SARS-CoV-2 screening. Patients with conjunctivitis seeking treatment from ophthalmology departments should be considered contagious, and SARS-CoV-2 precautions should be taken. Assessing viral shedding and infectivity of tears in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients SARS-CoV-2 viral load in upper respiratory specimens of infected patients Evaluation of coronavirus in tears and conjunctival secretions of patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection	./cache/cord-326375-8m4110k3.txt	./txt/cord-326375-8m4110k3.txt