COVID-19 and the eye: Systemic and laboratory risk factors for retinopathy and detection of tear film SARS-CoV-2 RNA with a triplex RT-PCR assay

• Jessica G. Shantha,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Francis I. Proctor Foundation for Ophthalmic Research, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America

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• Tolulope Fashina,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Truhlsen Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States of America

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• Victoria Stittleburg,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

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• Casey Randleman,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

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• Laura Ward,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

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• Matt Regueiro,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

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• David Krakow,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

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• Susanne L. Linderman,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

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• Carolyn Drews-Botsch ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ CDB, RA, JW and SY are multiple Principal Investigators for the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Synergy Grant and research project.

  Affiliation Department of Global and Community Health, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States of America

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• Rafi Ahmed ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ CDB, RA, JW and SY are multiple Principal Investigators for the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Synergy Grant and research project.

  Affiliation Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

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• Jesse Waggoner ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: syeh@unmc.edu (SY); jesse.waggoner@emoryhealthcare.org (JW)

  ¶‡ CDB, RA, JW and SY are multiple Principal Investigators for the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Synergy Grant and research project.

  Affiliation Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

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• Steven Yeh

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: syeh@unmc.edu (SY); jesse.waggoner@emoryhealthcare.org (JW)

  ¶‡ CDB, RA, JW and SY are multiple Principal Investigators for the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Synergy Grant and research project.

  Affiliations Truhlsen Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States of America, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States of America, Global Center for Health Security, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5417-7771

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