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Monday, June 21, 2004Doctors in Singapore swabbed the tear ducts of 36 patients with suspected Sars in April 2003. Eight of these were later diagnosed with probable SARS. The doctors have now revealed that they found signs of SARS in the tears of three of these patients. Writing in the British Journal of Ophthalmology, they said the findings suggest the virus could be transmitted through tears. That might help explain why conventional infection-control methods so often failed during the SARS outbreak. Tears aren't usually thought of as sources of infection, even though they are body fluids. Maybe because they're the only body fluid that it's socially acceptable to spill in public. posted by Sydney on 6/21/2004 08:15:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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