The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is rapidly spreading around the world. The first doctor to report this new disease was an ophthalmologist: this exemplifies the role of ophthalmologists in an infectious disease pandemic. Here we review how severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) affects the eye and discuss implications for ophthalmologists.

The COVID-19 Pandemic from an Ophthalmologist's Perspective / Bacherini D.; Biagini I.; Lenzetti C.; Virgili G.; Rizzo S.; Giansanti F.. - In: TRENDS IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE. - ISSN 1471-4914. - ELETTRONICO. - 26:(2020), pp. 529-531. [10.1016/j.molmed.2020.03.008]

The COVID-19 Pandemic from an Ophthalmologist's Perspective

Bacherini D.;Biagini I.;Lenzetti C.;Virgili G.;Rizzo S.;Giansanti F.
2020

Abstract

The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is rapidly spreading around the world. The first doctor to report this new disease was an ophthalmologist: this exemplifies the role of ophthalmologists in an infectious disease pandemic. Here we review how severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) affects the eye and discuss implications for ophthalmologists.
2020
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529
531
Bacherini D.; Biagini I.; Lenzetti C.; Virgili G.; Rizzo S.; Giansanti F.
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