SARS-CoV-2 infecting the inner ear results in potential hearing damage at the early stage or prognosis of COVID-19 in rodents
Xia Xue, Yongan Tian, Mingsan Miao, Jianyao Wang, Wenxue Tang, Yaohe Wang, Jianbo Liu, Hongen Xu, Jinxin Miao
The paper investigates ACE2 and TMPRSS2 expression in the inner ear, brain, and muscle of mice and hamsters to assess SARS-CoV-2 infection potential and its link to sensorineural hearing loss in COVID-19.
bioRxiv · Dec 23, 2020 · PreprintBioinformatics