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"SARS-CoV-2 attacks olfactory mucosae but spares the olfactory bulb": https://www.cell.com/cell/pdf/S0092-8674(21)01282-4.pdf https://www.cell.com/cell/pdf/S009
by IdEntities 5y ago
"SARS-CoV-2 attacks olfactory mucosae but spares the olfactory bulb": https://www.cell.com/cell/pdf/S0092-8674(21)01282-4.pdf https://www.cell.com/cell/pdf/S0092-8674(21)01282-4.pdf
- forum_ghost 5y agoThat doesn't mean the brain is spared. Covid does get into the brain, and CNS positivity is correlated with olfactory mucosa positivity. Something we've known since autopsy report after autopsy report since 2020. Two years now. Fig 1b, 1c. Fig 5. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-020-00758-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-020-00758-5 "Presence of intact CoV particles together with SARS-CoV-2 RNA in the olfactory mucosa, as well as in neuroanatomical areas receiving olfactory tract projections"