Posted on 01/03/2023 2:59:03 AM PST by blueplum
SARS-CoV-2 — the virus which causes COVID-19 — can get into the tissues of the brain and other non-respiratory sites, autopsies have revealed. Prior to the work, infectious disease specialist Dr Daniel Chertow of the US National Institutes of Health said, “the thinking in the field was that SARS-CoV-2 was predominantly a respiratory virus". The researchers are now moving to expand their study, with the hope of exploring the relationship between widely infected tissues and long COVID.
In their study, Dr Chertow and his colleagues analysed tissue samples from the autopsies of 44 people who died with COVID-19 and had not been vaccinated....
... the researchers also found viral RNA in 84 different body locations and bodily fluids — including the brain, adrenal gland, eye, gastrointestinal tract, heart, and lymph nodes — and, in one case, they isolated viral RNA from more than seven months after the patient’s symptoms began....
(Excerpt) Read more at express.co.uk ...
[[Dr Chertow and his colleagues analysed tissue samples from the autopsies of 44 people who died with COVID-19 ]]
Hmm, not “died from”?
Well said... Witty... :)
blueplum : "To be noted, in the 44 subjects (average age 62.5 and 70% male) "myocardial infiltrates were observed in four cases, including one case of substantial myocarditis17 (P3).
"The autopsies occurred between April 2020 and Mar 2021.
There is a chart at the link that shows infection rates of the various systems.
Researchers are trying to evaluate persistent viral loads post-symptoms as a means to understand and lead to treatments for 'long covid'."
"... the researchers also found viral RNA in 84 different body locations and bodily fluids
— including the brain, adrenal gland, eye, gastrointestinal tract, heart, and lymph nodes
— and, in one case, they isolated viral RNA from more than seven months after the patient’s symptoms began...."
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