[Detection rates and high concentration of herpesvirus (Orthoherpesviridae) DNA in autopsy materials from patients with COVID-19 fatal outcome].
Kirill I YurlovS A YakushinaNatalia E FedorovaL B KistenevaE I KellyA A KanibolotskyY N IvkinN A AntipiatI N TyurinViktor F LarichevNatalya A DemidovaEkaterina I LesnovaRegina R KlimovaOlga V MasalovaVladimir T Valuev-EllistonPublished in: Voprosy virusologii (2024)
Reactivation of HHVs in patients with fatal COVID-19 was associated with severe lung and liver damages, which indicates a link between HHV reactivation and COVID-19 deaths.