Postmortem Stability of SARS-CoV-2 in Nasopharyngeal Mucosa
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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.
Bibliographical data
| Original language | English |
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| ISSN | 1080-6040 |
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| Publication status | Published - 01.2021 |
| PubMed | 33327991 |
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