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Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA by PCR in a series of corpses sent for autopsy()

Following the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 in the world, the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, affecting 185 countries. There have been numerous scientific publications presenting epidemiological, clinical, statistical, and microbiological data. The high mortality has implied the need for increasingly accurat...

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Autores principales: D’Addario, Adriana C., Bustos, Cristina A., Cohen, Roberto V., Rullán Corna, Alejandro F., Gómez, Patricia E., Torrisi, Rubén H., Di Salvo, Héctor, Herbstein, Jorge A., Remes Lenicov, Federico, Maffia Bizzozero, Santiago
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Asociación Nacional de Médicos Forenses. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8529260/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.remle.2021.02.002
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author D’Addario, Adriana C.
Bustos, Cristina A.
Cohen, Roberto V.
Rullán Corna, Alejandro F.
Gómez, Patricia E.
Torrisi, Rubén H.
Di Salvo, Héctor
Herbstein, Jorge A.
Remes Lenicov, Federico
Maffia Bizzozero, Santiago
author_facet D’Addario, Adriana C.
Bustos, Cristina A.
Cohen, Roberto V.
Rullán Corna, Alejandro F.
Gómez, Patricia E.
Torrisi, Rubén H.
Di Salvo, Héctor
Herbstein, Jorge A.
Remes Lenicov, Federico
Maffia Bizzozero, Santiago
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description Following the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 in the world, the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, affecting 185 countries. There have been numerous scientific publications presenting epidemiological, clinical, statistical, and microbiological data. The high mortality has implied the need for increasingly accurate data regarding the virus and its behaviour in the environment and, on the other hand, faced health teams with a serious problem in relation to the safe handling of corpses and the risks of transmission that this implies. The objective of this study was to detect the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in corpses sent to the National Judicial Morgue that were not included in the definition of a suspected case submitted by the Argentine Ministry of Health. Nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs were taken from 101 cadavers chosen randomly and based on inclusion criteria for detection of viral RNA using the RT-PCR technique. Of the cadavers included in the study, 16.8%, not classified as suspected cases of COVID-19, were tested for the presence of viral RNA in the samples collected.
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spelling pubmed-85292602021-10-21 Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA by PCR in a series of corpses sent for autopsy() D’Addario, Adriana C. Bustos, Cristina A. Cohen, Roberto V. Rullán Corna, Alejandro F. Gómez, Patricia E. Torrisi, Rubén H. Di Salvo, Héctor Herbstein, Jorge A. Remes Lenicov, Federico Maffia Bizzozero, Santiago Spanish Journal of Legal Medicine Brief Report Following the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 in the world, the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, affecting 185 countries. There have been numerous scientific publications presenting epidemiological, clinical, statistical, and microbiological data. The high mortality has implied the need for increasingly accurate data regarding the virus and its behaviour in the environment and, on the other hand, faced health teams with a serious problem in relation to the safe handling of corpses and the risks of transmission that this implies. The objective of this study was to detect the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in corpses sent to the National Judicial Morgue that were not included in the definition of a suspected case submitted by the Argentine Ministry of Health. Nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs were taken from 101 cadavers chosen randomly and based on inclusion criteria for detection of viral RNA using the RT-PCR technique. Of the cadavers included in the study, 16.8%, not classified as suspected cases of COVID-19, were tested for the presence of viral RNA in the samples collected. Asociación Nacional de Médicos Forenses. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. 2022 2021-10-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8529260/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.remle.2021.02.002 Text en © 2021 Asociación Nacional de Médicos Forenses. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved. 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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D’Addario, Adriana C.
Bustos, Cristina A.
Cohen, Roberto V.
Rullán Corna, Alejandro F.
Gómez, Patricia E.
Torrisi, Rubén H.
Di Salvo, Héctor
Herbstein, Jorge A.
Remes Lenicov, Federico
Maffia Bizzozero, Santiago
Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA by PCR in a series of corpses sent for autopsy()
title Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA by PCR in a series of corpses sent for autopsy()
title_full Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA by PCR in a series of corpses sent for autopsy()
title_fullStr Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA by PCR in a series of corpses sent for autopsy()
title_full_unstemmed Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA by PCR in a series of corpses sent for autopsy()
title_short Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA by PCR in a series of corpses sent for autopsy()
title_sort detection of sars-cov-2 rna by pcr in a series of corpses sent for autopsy()
topic Brief Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8529260/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.remle.2021.02.002
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