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03.11.2020 | COVID-19 | Leitthema
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First results of investigations of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in human corneal tissue
verfasst von:
Dr. Tarek Bayyoud, FEBO, Prof. Dr. Thomas Iftner, PhD, Prof. Dr. Karl Ulrich Bartz-Schmidt, Prof. Dr. Jens Martin Rohrbach, Prof. Dr. Marius Ueffing, PhD, Prof. Dr. Michael Schindler, PhD, Prof. Dr. Sebastian Thaler, FEBO
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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).