Postmortem Stability of SARS-CoV-2 in Nasopharyngeal Mucosa

Postmortem Stability of SARS-CoV-2 in Nasopharyngeal Mucosa

Analyses of infection chains have demonstrated that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is highly transmissive. However, data on postmortem stability and infectivity are lacking. Our finding of nasopharyngeal viral RNA stability in 79 corpses showed no time-dependent decrease. Maintaine...

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Main Authors: Fabian Heinrich, Kira Meißner, Felicia Langenwalder, Klaus Püschel, Dominik Nörz, Armin Hoffmann, Marc Lütgehetmann, Martin Aepfelbacher, Eric Bibiza-Freiwald, Susanne Pfefferle, Axel Heinemann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021-01-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
respiratory infections
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
2019 novel coronavirus disease
coronavirus disease
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/1/20-3112_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/1/20-3112_article

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