SARS-CoV-2 infection and persistence in the human body and brain at autopsy


Authors: by Covid Strategies | Dec 14, 2022 | Science & News Nature Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is known to cause multi-organ dysfunction1,2,3 during acute infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), with…[...]

Autopsy-Based Pulmonary and Vascular Pathology: Pulmonary Endotheliitis and Multi-Organ Involvement in COVID-19 Associated Deaths


Authors: artina Haberecker University Hospital Zürich Esther I Schwarz University of Zurich Peter Steiger University of Zurich Karl Frontzek University of ZurichSeptember 2021 Respiration 101(2):1-11 DOI:10.1159/000518914License CC BY-NC 4.0 Abstract and…[...]

Intestinal Damage in COVID-19: SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Intestinal Thrombosis


Authors: Xiaoming Wu1, Haijiao Jing1, Chengyue Wang1, Yufeng Wang1, Nan Zuo1, Tao Jiang2*, Valerie A. Novakovic3 and Jialan Shi1,3,4* Front. Microbiol., 22 March 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.860931 The intestinal tract, with high expression of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), is a…[...]

Review of Mesenteric Ischemia in COVID-19 Patients


Authors: Amit Gupta, Oshin Sharma, Kandhala Srikanth, Rahul Mishra, Amoli Tandon & Deepak Rajput  Indian Journal of Surgery (2022) Published: 11 March 2022 Abstract The new coronavirus (COVID-19) infection, first detected in Wuhan, China in 2019 has become…[...]

Prevalence of organ impairment in Long COVID patients 6 and 12 months after initial symptoms


Authors:  Pooja Toshniwal PahariaMar 24 2022Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers assessed the prevalence of organ impairment in long coronavirus disease 2019…[...]

Pancreatic damage in COVID‐19: Why? How?


Authors: Ferhat Bacaksız, 1 Berat Ebik, 1 Nazım Ekin, 1 and Jihat Kılıc 2 Int J Clin Pract. 2021 Aug 6 : e14692.doi: 10.1111/ijcp.14692 [Epub ahead of print] PMCID:  PMC8420122PMID: 34331821 Abstract Object We aimed to evaluate the elevation of amylase and…[...]

Why are we vaccinating children against COVID-19?


Authors: Ronald N.Kostoffa DanielaCalinab DarjaKanducc Michael B.Briggsd Panayiotis Vlachoyiannopoulose Andrey A.Svistunovf AristidisTsatsakisg Highlights • Bulk of COVID-19 per capita deaths occur in elderly with high comorbidities. •Per capita COVID-19 deaths…[...]

Gastrointestinal perforation secondary to COVID-19


Authors: Case reports and literature review Reem J. Al Argan, MBBS, SB-Med, SF-Endo, FACE, ECNU,∗Safi G. Alqatari, MBBS, MRCPI, MMedSc, CFP (Rheum), Abir H. Al Said, MBBS, SB-Med, CFP (Pulmo.), Raed M.…[...]