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SUBMITTER: Pomara C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7999752 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pomara Cristoforo C Salerno Monica M Sessa Francesco F Esposito Massimiliano M Barchitta Martina M Ledda Caterina C Grassi Patrizia P Liberto Aldo A Mattaliano Anna Rita AR Rapisarda Venerando V Ferrante Margherita M Agodi Antonella A
Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) 20210306 3
To date, there is poor evidence on the transmission of infection in individuals handling the bodies of deceased persons infected with SARS-CoV-2 and in particular, during autopsies. The aim of this study was to demonstrate that when appropriate strategies are adopted autopsy is a safe procedure with a minimal infection risk for all subjects involved (pathologists, technical personnel, and others) when proper strategies are adopted. We performed 16 autopsies on cadavers of persons who had died wi ...[more]