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New Postmortem Perspective on Emerging SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern, Germany

Authors :
Fabian Heinrich
Tobias Huter
Sophie Mertens
Philine Lange
Jessica Vering
Axel Heinemann
Dominik Sebastian Nörz
Armin Hoffmann
Martin Aepfelbacher
Benjamin Ondruschka
Susanne Krasemann
Marc Lütgehetmann
Source :
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 29, Iss 3, Pp 652-656 (2023)
Publication Year :
2023
Publisher :
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2023.

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.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10806040 and 10806059
Volume :
29
Issue :
3
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.589cd71086400e86fe1809a7971eec
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2903.221297