Evidence of SARS-CoV-2 in nasal brushings and olfactory mucosa biopsies of COVID-19 patients

The aim of the present study is to detect the presence of SARS-CoV-2 of patients affected by COVID-19 in olfactory mucosa (OM), sampled with nasal brushing (NB) and biopsy, and to assess whether a non-invasive procedure, such as NB, might be used as a large-scale procedure for demonstrating SARS-CoV...

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Main Authors: Carlotta Pipolo, Daniele Bottai, Emanuela Fuccillo, Eleonora Aronica, Fabio Bruschi, Antonio Mario Bulfamante, Luca Castellani, Maria Paola Canevini, Davide Chiumello, Sergio Ferrari, Carla Martinelli, Stefano Muttini, Alberto Priori, Alberto Maria Saibene, Chiara Spoldi, Delfina Tosi, Gianluigi Zanusso, Gaetano Pietro Bulfamante, Giovanni Felisati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9004784/?tool=EBI