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Case Report: Post-mortem Histopathological and Molecular Analyses of the Very First Documented COVID-19-Related Death in Europe.
Bogdanovic, Milenko; Skadric, Ivan; Atanasijevic, Tatjana; Stojkovic, Oliver; Popovic, Vesna; Savic, Slobodan; Mihailovic, Zoran; Radnic, Bojana; Acimovic, Tijana; Damjanjuk, Irina; Despotovic, Sanja; Barac, Aleksandra.
  • Bogdanovic M; Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Forensic Medicine "Milovan Milovanovic", University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
  • Skadric I; Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Forensic Medicine "Milovan Milovanovic", University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
  • Atanasijevic T; Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Forensic Medicine "Milovan Milovanovic", University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
  • Stojkovic O; Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Forensic Medicine "Milovan Milovanovic", University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
  • Popovic V; Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
  • Savic S; Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Forensic Medicine "Milovan Milovanovic", University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
  • Mihailovic Z; Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Forensic Medicine "Milovan Milovanovic", University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
  • Radnic B; Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Forensic Medicine "Milovan Milovanovic", University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
  • Acimovic T; Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Forensic Medicine "Milovan Milovanovic", University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
  • Damjanjuk I; Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Forensic Medicine "Milovan Milovanovic", University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
  • Despotovic S; Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Forensic Medicine "Milovan Milovanovic", University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
  • Barac A; Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Histology and Embryology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
Front Med (Lausanne) ; 8: 612758, 2021.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1120237
ABSTRACT
In Europe, the first case of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the first COVID-19-related death were reported in France on January 24th and February 15th, 2020, respectively. Officially, the first case of COVID-19 infection in the Republic of Serbia was registered on March 6th. Herein, we presented the first case of retrospective detection of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the post-mortem-obtained vitreous humor (VH), which took place on February 5th, 2020. This is the first death in Europe proven to be caused by COVID-19 by means of post-mortem histopathological and molecular analyses. Based on this finding, it appears that SARS-CoV-2 has been spreading faster and started spreading much earlier than it had been considered and that COVID-19 was probably the cause of the much-reported pneumonia of unknown origin in January and February 2020.
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