Histopathological findings and viral tropism in UK patients with severe fatal COVID-19: a post-mortem study

Summary: Background: Severe COVID-19 has a high mortality rate. Comprehensive pathological descriptions of COVID-19 are scarce and limited in scope. We aimed to describe the histopathological findings and viral tropism in patients who died of severe COVID-19. Methods: In this case series, patients...

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Main Authors: Brian Hanley, MBBCh, Kikkeri N Naresh, ProfMD, Candice Roufosse, PhD, Andrew G Nicholson, ProfDM, Justin Weir, FRCPath, Graham S Cooke, ProfFRCP, Mark Thursz, ProfMD, Pinelopi Manousou, PhD, Richard Corbett, PhD, Robert Goldin, ProfMD, Safa Al-Sarraj, ProfFRCPath, Alireza Abdolrasouli, PhD, Olivia C Swann, MRes, Laury Baillon, BSc, Rebecca Penn, MSc, Wendy S Barclay, ProfPhD, Patrizia Viola, MD, Michael Osborn, FRCPath
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-10-01
Series:The Lancet Microbe
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666524720301154