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SARS-CoV-2 Infection in the Central Nervous System of a 1-Year-Old Infant
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: Received: 13 September 2020 / Approved: 13 September 2020 / Online: 13 September 2020 (16:16:59 CEST)
Version 2 : Received: 18 September 2020 / Approved: 19 September 2020 / Online: 19 September 2020 (04:49:18 CEST)
Version 3 : Received: 21 October 2020 / Approved: 22 October 2020 / Online: 22 October 2020 (10:43:56 CEST)
Version 4 : Received: 1 December 2020 / Approved: 2 December 2020 / Online: 2 December 2020 (11:45:50 CET)
Version 5 : Received: 11 March 2021 / Approved: 15 March 2021 / Online: 15 March 2021 (13:03:33 CET)
Version 2 : Received: 18 September 2020 / Approved: 19 September 2020 / Online: 19 September 2020 (04:49:18 CEST)
Version 3 : Received: 21 October 2020 / Approved: 22 October 2020 / Online: 22 October 2020 (10:43:56 CEST)
Version 4 : Received: 1 December 2020 / Approved: 2 December 2020 / Online: 2 December 2020 (11:45:50 CET)
Version 5 : Received: 11 March 2021 / Approved: 15 March 2021 / Online: 15 March 2021 (13:03:33 CET)
A peer-reviewed article of this Preprint also exists.
Journal reference: The Lancet Regional Health - Americas 2021
DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2021.100046
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was initially characterized as a respiratory illness. Neurological manifestations were reported mostly in severely affected patients. Routes for brain infection and the presence of virus particles in situ have not been well described, raising controversy about how the virus causes neurological symptoms. Here, we report the autopsy findings of a 1-year old infant with COVID-19. In addition to pneumonitis and multiple organ damage related to thrombosis, SARS-CoV-2 infected the choroid plexus, ventricles, and cerebral cortex. This is the first evidence of SARS-CoV-2 detection in an infant post-mortem brain.
Keywords
SARS-CoV-2 neuroinvasion; COVID-19; infant; Choroid plexus
Subject
MEDICINE & PHARMACOLOGY, Pathology & Pathobiology
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