Literature DB >> 33327991

Postmortem Stability of SARS-CoV-2 in Nasopharyngeal Mucosa.

Fabian Heinrich, Kira Meißner, Felicia Langenwalder, Klaus Püschel, Dominik Nörz, Armin Hoffmann, Marc Lütgehetmann, Martin Aepfelbacher, Eric Bibiza-Freiwald, Susanne Pfefferle, Axel Heinemann.   

Abstract

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. Maintained infectivity is supported by virus isolation up to 35 hours postmortem.

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Keywords:  2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; RNA stability; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; infectivity; postmortem; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses

Year:  2020        PMID: 33327991     DOI: 10.3201/eid2701.203112

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Emerg Infect Dis        ISSN: 1080-6040            Impact factor:   6.883


  6 in total

1.  Post-mortem persistence of SARS-CoV-2: a preliminary study.

Authors:  Sara Sablone; Biagio Solarino; Davide Ferorelli; Marcello Benevento; Maria Chironna; Daniela Loconsole; Anna Sallustio; Alessandro Dell'Erba; Francesco Introna
Journal:  Forensic Sci Med Pathol       Date:  2021-05-08       Impact factor: 2.007

2.  SmartAmp method can rapidly detect SARS-CoV-2 in dead bodies.

Authors:  Sayaka Nagasawa; Aika Mori; Yuichiro Hirata; Ayumi Motomura; Namiko Ishii; Keisuke Okaba; Kie Horioka; Yohsuke Makino; Makoto Nakajima; Suguru Torimitsu; Rutsuko Yamaguchi; Go Inokuchi; Fumiko Chiba; Yumi Hoshioka; Naoki Saito; Maiko Yoshida; Daisuke Yajima; Shinji Akitomi; Hirotaro Iwase; Hisako Saitoh
Journal:  Forensic Sci Int       Date:  2021-12-24       Impact factor: 2.395

3.  Long persistence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 swab positivity in a drowned corpse: a case report.

Authors:  Martina Bonelli; Enrica Rosato; Marcello Locatelli; Angela Tartaglia; Pietro Falco; Claudia Petrarca; Francesca Potenza; Verena Damiani; Domitilla Mandatori; Vincenzo De Laurenzi; Liborio Stuppia; Cristian D'Ovidio
Journal:  J Med Case Rep       Date:  2022-02-09

Review 4.  SARS-CoV-2 persistence and infectivity in COVID-19 corpses: a systematic review.

Authors:  Syandrez Prima Putra; Taufik Hidayat; Rahma Tsania Zhuhra
Journal:  Forensic Sci Med Pathol       Date:  2022-08-24       Impact factor: 2.456

5.  The handling of SARS-CoV-2 associated deaths - infectivity of the body.

Authors:  Carolin Edler; Antonia Fitzek; Jan-Peter Sperhake; Ann Sophie Schröder; Benjamin Ondruschka; Klaus Püschel; Julia Schädler; Axel Heinemann; Fabian Heinrich; Marc Lütgehetmann; Susanne Pfefferle; Martin Aepfelbacher
Journal:  Forensic Sci Med Pathol       Date:  2021-06-02       Impact factor: 2.007

6.  Postmortem Antigen-Detecting Rapid Diagnostic Tests to Predict Infectivity of SARS-CoV-2-Associated Deaths.

Authors:  Fabian Heinrich; Ann Sophie Schröder; Anna-Lina Gerberding; Moritz Gerling; Felicia Langenwalder; Philine Lange; Axel Heinemann; Eric Bibiza-Freiwald; Dominik Sebastian Nörz; Martin Aepfelbacher; Susanne Pfefferle; Benjamin Ondruschka; Marc Lütgehetmann
Journal:  Emerg Infect Dis       Date:  2021-11-02       Impact factor: 6.883

  6 in total

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