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. 2021 Apr;100(2_suppl):158S-159S.
doi: 10.1177/0145561320981451. Epub 2020 Dec 15.

SARS-CoV-2 Presence in Cerumen

Serdal Celik  1 , M Tayyar Kalcioglu  1 , Fehim Esen  2 , Fatih Mehmet Hanege  3 , Yasemin Cag  4 , Esra Kocoglu  5
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SARS-CoV-2 Presence in Cerumen

Serdal Celik et al. Ear Nose Throat J. 2021 Apr.
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Abstract

The emergence of a new coronavirus strain (SARS-CoV-2) in December 2019 from China led to a global pandemic. The lack of herd immunity against this virus and the possibility of viral spread from asymptomatic individuals is still a major challenge for the prevention of viral transmission. The studies of Islamoglu and Hanege evaluated the presence of the virus in different bodily secretions (Cerumen) as a potential source of viral spread among patients infected with SARS-CoV-2. We would like to comment on these 2 studies.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; cerumen; otolaryngology.

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