Open AccessTesting the Sensitivity of Conjunctival Swabs from Confirmed COVID-19 Patients
Author(s) -
Manal Hadrawi,
Mohammad Malak,
Faeeqah Almahmoudi,
Ahmed Mogharbel,
Omar Rozy,
Somaya Hanafi,
Batool Ali,
S Nabeel,
Fatimah Faqieha,
Khaled Alzahrani
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1177-5483
pISSN - 1177-5467
DOI - 10.2147/opth.s313721
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , conjunctiva , incidence (geometry) , tears , ophthalmology , gastroenterology , pathology , disease , immunology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , physics , optics
To investigate the incidence of COVID-19 viral RNA in the conjunctiva of patients priorly confirmed to have COVID-19, using a conjunctival swab and to determine swab sensitivity.