High titers of infectious SARS-CoV-2 in corpses of patients with COVID-19

• Published in: International journal of infectious diseases Vol. 129; pp. 103 - 109
• Main Authors: Saitoh, Hisako, Sakai-Tagawa, Yuko, Nagasawa, Sayaka, Torimitsu, Suguru, Kubota, Kazumi, Hirata, Yuichiro, Iwatsuki-Horimoto, Kiyoko, Motomura, Ayumi, Ishii, Namiko, Okaba, Keisuke, Horioka, Kie, Abe, Hiroyuki, Ikemura, Masako, Rokutan, Hirofumi, Hinata, Munetoshi, Iwasaki, Akiko, Yasunaga, Yoichi, Nakajima, Makoto, Yamaguchi, Rutsuko, Tsuneya, Shigeki, Kira, Kei, Kobayashi, Susumu, Inokuchi, Go, Chiba, Fumiko, Hoshioka, Yumi, Mori, Aika, Yamamoto, Isao, Nakagawa, Kimiko, Katano, Harutaka, Iida, Shun, Suzuki, Tadaki, Akitomi, Shinji, Hasegawa, Iwao, Ushiku, Tetsuo, Yajima, Daisuke, Iwase, Hirotaro, Makino, Yohsuke, Kawaoka, Yoshihiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2023; Elsevier
• Subjects: Autopsy; Cadaver; Communicable Diseases; COVID-19; COVID-19 - diagnosis; COVID-19 Testing; Humans; Infectious titer; Lung; Postmortem interval; SARS-CoV-2; Virus isolation; COVID-19; Infectious titer; SARS-CoV-2; Postmortem interval; Autopsy; Virus isolation

•Infectious SARS-CoV-2 remained in 55% (6/11) corpses and 43% (13/30) specimens.•The highest infectious titer was 2.09E + 06 plaque-forming units/g in corpse lung tissue.•The time from death to discovery was 0-1 day in all cases with the infectious virus.•The longest postmortem interval with virus i...