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Emerg Infect Dis
; 29(3): 652-656, 2023 03.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-36787498
ABSTRACT
We performed autopsies on persons in Germany who died from COVID-19 and observed higher nasopharyngeal SARS-CoV-2 viral loads for variants of concern (VOC) compared with non-VOC lineages. Pulmonary inflammation and damage appeared higher in non-VOC than VOC lineages until adjusted for vaccination status, suggesting COVID-19 vaccination may mitigate pulmonary damage.
