Postmortem Stability of SARS-CoV-2 in Nasopharyngeal Mucosa

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作者
Heinrich, Fabian [2 ]
Meissner, Kira [1 ]
Langenwalder, Felicia [1 ]
Pueschel, Klaus [1 ]
Noerz, Dominik [1 ]
Hoffmann, Armin [1 ]
Luetgehetmann, Marc [1 ]
Aepfelbacher, Martin [1 ]
Bibiza-Freiwald, Eric [1 ]
Pfefferle, Susanne [1 ]
Heinemann, Axel [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Med Ctr Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
[2] Univ Med Ctr Hamburg Eppendorf, Inst Legal Med, Butenfeld 34, D-20259 Hamburg, Germany
关键词
INFLUENZA;
D O I
10.3201/eid2701.203112
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
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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