How long can SARS-CoV-2 persist in human corpses?

We report the finding of the SARS-CoV-2 genome in the corpse of an exhumed infected person, one month after her death. The viral gene targets were still present in her lungs and heart, however, the virus was no longer alive. Infectious risks from human corpses should be considered.

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Autores principales: Gabbrielli, Mario, Gandolfo, Claudia, Anichini, Gabriele, Candelori, Tommaso, Benvenuti, Matteo, Savellini, Gianni Gori, Cusi, Maria Grazia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases. 2021
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7970835/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33746091
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2021.03.052
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author Gabbrielli, Mario
Gandolfo, Claudia
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Candelori, Tommaso
Benvenuti, Matteo
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spelling pubmed-79708352021-03-19 How long can SARS-CoV-2 persist in human corpses? Gabbrielli, Mario Gandolfo, Claudia Anichini, Gabriele Candelori, Tommaso Benvenuti, Matteo Savellini, Gianni Gori Cusi, Maria Grazia Int J Infect Dis Short Communication We report the finding of the SARS-CoV-2 genome in the corpse of an exhumed infected person, one month after her death. The viral gene targets were still present in her lungs and heart, however, the virus was no longer alive. Infectious risks from human corpses should be considered. The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases. 2021-05 2021-03-18 /pmc/articles/PMC7970835/ /pubmed/33746091 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2021.03.052 Text en © 2021 The Author(s) Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.
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Gabbrielli, Mario
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Candelori, Tommaso
Benvenuti, Matteo
Savellini, Gianni Gori
Cusi, Maria Grazia
How long can SARS-CoV-2 persist in human corpses?
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title_full How long can SARS-CoV-2 persist in human corpses?
title_fullStr How long can SARS-CoV-2 persist in human corpses?
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title_short How long can SARS-CoV-2 persist in human corpses?
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33746091
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2021.03.052
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