Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 Jan;27(1):329-31. doi: 10.3201/eid2701.203112. Epub 2020 Dec 16.
Analyses of infection chains have demonstrated that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is highly transmissive. However, data on postmortem stability and infectivity are lacking. Our finding of nasopharyngeal viral RNA stability in 79 corpses showed no time-dependent decrease. Maintained infectivity is supported by virus isolation up to 35 hours postmortem.
感染链分析表明,严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒 2 具有高度传染性。然而,关于死后稳定性和传染性的数据尚缺乏。我们发现 79 具尸体的鼻咽部病毒 RNA 稳定性没有随时间下降。死后 35 小时仍可进行病毒分离,这支持了其保持的传染性。