New Postmortem Perspective on Emerging SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern, Germany.
Emerg Infect Dis
; 29(3): 652-656, 2023 03.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-36787498
ABSTRACT
We performed autopsies on persons in Germany who died from COVID-19 and observed higher nasopharyngeal SARS-CoV-2 viral loads for variants of concern (VOC) compared with non-VOC lineages. Pulmonary inflammation and damage appeared higher in non-VOC than VOC lineages until adjusted for vaccination status, suggesting COVID-19 vaccination may mitigate pulmonary damage.
Key words
Alpha variant; B.1.1.529; B.1.1.7; B.1.617.2; COVID-19; Delta variant; Germany; Omicron variant; SARS; SARS-CoV-2; VOC; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; organ tropism; pulmonary damage; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; variants of concern; viral load; viruses; zoonoses
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
En
Journal:
Emerg Infect Dis
Journal subject:
DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS
Year:
2023
Type:
Article