The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the practice of forensic medicine: an overview

M Esposito, M Salerno, E Scoto, N Di Nunno, F Sessa - Healthcare, 2022 - mdpi.com
During the COVID-19 pandemic, forensic sciences, on the one hand, contributed to gaining
knowledge about different aspects of the pandemic, while on the other hand, forensic …

Disinfection and decontamination in the context of SARS‐CoV‐2‐specific data

N Cimolai - Journal of Medical Virology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Given the high transmissibility of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐
CoV‐2) as witnessed early in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic …

Viable SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sub-variants isolated from autopsy tissues

S Maffia-Bizzozero, C Cevallos, FR Lenicov… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Pulmonary and extrapulmonary manifestations have been described after
infection with SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) …

Detection and infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 in exhumated corpses

S Plenzig, F Holz, D Bojkova, M Kettner, J Cinatl… - International journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Postmortem detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-
2) after the exhumation of a corpse can become important, eg in the case of subsequent …

Kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 infection biomarkers in a household transmission study

AM Groh, MJGT Vehreschild, D Diaz, AL Kuchta… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 is the causative agent of COVID-19. Timely and accurate diagnostic testing is
vital to contain the spread of infection, reduce delays in treatment and care, and inform …

SARS-CoV-2 viral load and replication in postmortem examinations

S Grassi, V Arena, P Cattani, M Dell'Aquila… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
We examined 29 autopsy cases (investigated between October 2020 and February 2021)
whose postmortem swabs tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. Twenty-two of 29 cases died …

Post-mortem CT lung findings at a medicolegal institute in SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR positive cases with autopsy correlation

C O'Donnell, L Iles, N Woodford - Forensic Science, Medicine and …, 2021 - Springer
CoVID-19 is a novel viral infection with now well-established clinical radiological findings.
There is limited data on post-mortem imaging. We explore the proposition that PMCT could …

[HTML][HTML] Postmortem antigen-detecting rapid diagnostic tests to predict infectivity of SARS-CoV-2–associated deaths

F Heinrich, AS Schröder, AL Gerberding… - Emerging Infectious …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We investigated the infectivity of 128 severe acute respiratory disease coronavirus 2–
associated deaths and evaluated predictive values of standard diagnostic procedures …

Systematic review: oral and maxillofacial radiology as fundamental methods of virtual autopsy

WN Azizah, F Oscandar… - Forensic Sciences …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Refusal of autopsy occurs for various reasons, including religious beliefs and the risk of
infectious diseases such as coronavirus disease 2019. Dental autopsy involves invasive …

SARS-CoV-2 antigen detection in deceased bodies: implications for infection prevention

M Sharma, VV Kiro, S Srivastav… - Indian Journal of …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Methods: A study was conducted at a dedicated COVID-19 centre on deceased individuals
from April to December 2020. Rapid antigen test (RAT) and reverse transcription (RT)-PCR …