Olfactory transmucosal SARS-CoV-2 invasion as port of Central Nervous System entry in COVID-19 patients
Jenny Meinhardt, Josefine Radke, Carsten Dittmayer, Jonas Franz, Carolina Thomas, Ronja Mothes, Michael M. Laue, Julia A. Schneider, Sebastian Brünink, Selina Greuel, Malte Lehmann, Olga Hassan, Tom Aschman, Elisa Schumann, Robert Lorenz Chua, , Frank L. Heppner
The paper investigates SARS-CoV-2 entry into the CNS via the olfactory mucosa in COVID-19 patients and demonstrates neurotropism and cerebral thromboembolism.
Nature Neuroscience · Nov 30, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience