Changes in SARS-CoV-2 viral load and titers over time in SARS-CoV-2-infected human corpses

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 19; no. 3; p. e0287068
• Main Authors: Nagasawa, Sayaka, Hirata, Yuichiro, Miyamoto, Sho, Ozono, Seiya, Iida, Shun, Katano, Harutaka, Tsuneya, Shigeki, Kira, Kei, Kobayashi, Susumu, Nakajima, Makoto, Abe, Hiroyuki, Ikemura, Masako, Yamamoto, Isao, Nakagawa, Kimiko, Kubota, Kazumi, Akitomi, Shinji, Hasegawa, Iwao, Ushiku, Tetsuo, Suzuki, Tadaki, Iwase, Hirotaro, Makino, Yohsuke, Saitoh, Hisako
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 27.03.2024; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Biology and life sciences; Coronaviruses; Genetic transcription; Measurement; Medicine and health sciences; RNA; Severe acute respiratory syndrome; Viremia; Japan

High viral titers of infectious severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) have been detected in human corpses long after death. However, little is known about the kinetics of infectious SARS-CoV-2 in corpses. In this case series study, we investigated the postmortem kinetics of in...