A team of Chinese researchers was able to detect the Zika virus from swab samples of an infected party’s conjunctiva, or the eye’s mucous membrane, according to a recent study published in JAMA ...

A coronavirus patient in Italy had traces of the infectious pathogen in her eyes — long after the illness had been cleared from her nose, according to researchers. The 65-year-old patient, who was ...

In late March, news broke that pink eye can be one of the many symptoms of coronavirus. Now, there’s more: COVID-19 patients are getting pink eye, and it’s sticking around. A new research letter ...

COVID-19 has been found in conjunctival swabs and tears of infected patients, according to a new study published in The Ocular Surface. Of the 132 ocular tissues from 33 donors intended for surgery in ...

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COVID-19 has been found in conjunctival swabs and tears of infected patients, according to a new study published in The Ocular Surface. The discovery prompted a research team including Shahzad Mian, M ...

The eyes could help spread the new coronavirus, a case report suggests. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Italy's first confirmed ...

A COVID-19 patient in Italy had the coronavirus lingering in her eye longer than in her nose, according to a case study. The unnamed 65-year-old woman, Italy's first confirmed COVID-19 case, had ...

To report the prevalence of gonococcal conjunctivitis (GC) presenting to a tertiary referral maternity hospital (NMH) and a tertiary referral ophthalmic hospital (RVEEH) from 2011 to 2013 and describe ...