Lethality of SARS-CoV-2 infection-a comparative autopsy study focusing on COVID-19 development and virus variants.
Constantin SchwabUta MerlePeter SchirmacherThomas LongerichPublished in: Histopathology (2023)
Autopsies represent the gold standard in determining the cause of death after SARS-CoV-2 infection and autopsy registers are currently the only available data source allowing for evaluation of which patients died of COVID-19 or with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Compared to previous variants, infection with an omicron variant affected the lungs less frequently and resulted in less severe lung disease.
Keyphrases
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- coronavirus disease
- sars cov
- end stage renal disease
- copy number
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- electronic health record
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- early onset
- big data
- gene expression
- genome wide
- patient reported
- artificial intelligence
- drug induced