ArticleJournal of medical case reports2022
Long persistence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 swab positivity in a drowned corpse: a case report.
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- Investigating the Post-Mortem Risk of Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Virus in Cadaveric Tissues: A Systematic Review of the Literature.Microorganisms · 2025Review
- Substantial decrease in SARS-CoV-2 RNA after fixation of cadavers intended for anatomical dissection.Anatomical science international · 2023Article
- A Timeframe for SARS-CoV-2 Genomes: A Proof of Concept for Postmortem Interval Estimations.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundSince the beginning of the worldwide spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 to date, important knowledge has been obtained about the virus behavior in living subjects and on inanimate surfaces; however, there is still a lack of data on virus persistency on dead bodies and the risk of contagion from cadavers. CASE PRESENTATION: The present case shows the persistency of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 viral genome in nasopharyngeal swabs performed on a drowned Caucasian man, aged 41 years old, who was completely asymptomatic when he was alive, up to 41 days after death. Specific real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (TaqMan 2019-nCoV Assay Kit v2; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Italy and Realquality RQ-SARS-CoV-2, AB Analytical) was used to evaluate the swabs.
conclusionsThis data reflect the importance of postmortem swabs in all autopsy cases, and not only in potential severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2-related death, and also highlight the necessity to evaluate virus positivity a long time after the moment of death, even if a low initial viral load was assessed.
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