Patients with COVID-19 and neurological manifestations show undetectable SARS-CoV-2 RNA levels in the cerebrospinal fluid

Patients with COVID-19 and neurological manifestations show undetectable SARS-CoV-2 RNA levels in the cerebrospinal fluid

We report that patients with COVID-19 displaying distinct neurological disorders have undetectable or extremely low levels of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in the cerebrospinal fluid, indicating that viral clearance precede the neurological involvement. This finding points to the need for the development of more s...

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Main Authors: Otávio de Melo Espíndola, Marilda Siqueira, Cristiane Nascimento Soares, Marco Antonio Sales Dantas de Lima, Ana Claudia Celestino Bezerra Leite, Abelardo Queiroz Campos Araujo, Carlos Otávio Brandão, Marcus Tulius Teixeira Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-07-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2 RNA
RT-PCR
Neurological manifestations
Cerebrospinal fluid
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971220304318

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