ArticleInternational journal of legal medicine2021
Detection and infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 in exhumated corpses.
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- SARS-CoV-2 persistence and infectivity in COVID-19 corpses: a systematic review.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2023Pooled it
- A systemic review and recommendation for an autopsy approach to death followed the COVID 19 vaccination.Forensic science international · 2022Pooled it
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- SARS-CoV-2 antigen detection in deceased bodies: implications for infection prevention.The Indian journal of medical research · 2023Article
- Viable SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sub-variants isolated from autopsy tissues.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
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- Postmortem Stability of SARS-CoV-2 in Mouse Lung Tissue.Emerging infectious diseases · 2021Article
- Post-mortem CT lung findings at a medicolegal institute in SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR positive cases with autopsy correlation.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Postmortem detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2) after the exhumation of a corpse can become important, e.g. in the case of subsequent medical malpractice allegations. To date, data on possible detection periods [e.g. by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)] or on the potential infectivity of the virus after an exhumation are rare. In the present study, these parameters were examined in two cases with a time span of approximately 4 months between day of death and exhumation. Using SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR on swabs of both lungs and the oropharynx detection was possible with cycle threshold (C
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