by Carly Cassela
January 9, 2023
Introduction:
Read more here: https://www.sciencealert.com/covid-aut ... tire-body(Science Alert) COVID-19 is defined as a respiratory infection, but the effects of the novel coronavirus are certainly not confined to any one organ.
Dozens of recent autopsies show persistent evidence of SARS-CoV-2 throughout the body, including in the lungs, the heart, the spleen, the kidneys, the liver, the colon, the thorax, muscles, nerves, the reproductive tract, the eye, and the brain.
In one particular autopsy, remnants of the novel coronavirus were found in the brain of a deceased patient 230 days after they first started showing symptoms.
"Our data indicate that in some patients SARS-CoV-2 can cause systemic infection and persist in the body for months," conclude the authors of the study, led by researchers at the United States National Institutes of Health (NIH).
In the past, autopsies on those who have contracted COVID-19 have shown preliminary signs of multi-organ spread, with genetic remnants of the virus showing up in a myriad of tissues, organs, and fluids.