Yan Leyfman, MDStudy of 44 people who died from #COVID19 in the first year of the pandemic showed researchers that disease-causing SARS-CoV-2 virus spread throughout the body – beyond just a respiratory disease – and remained in tissue for months.
Scientists found virus in cardiovascular, lymphoid, gastrointestinal, renal, endocrine, reproductive, muscle, brain and other tissue – but more extensive injury was seen in the respiratory tract. Thus, this study gives greater credence to early and effective treatment to prevent viral replication before it produces extrapulmonary symptoms.