What The Study Did: This case series of three patients who died of COVID-19 shows presumed SARS-CoV-2 viral particles in various layers of the human retina, suggesting that they may be involved in some of the infection’s ocular clinical manifestations.
Authors: Alléxya A. A. Marcos, M.D., of the Federal University of São Paulo-UNIFESP in Brazil, is the corresponding author.
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(doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2021.2795)
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