RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Researchers from the University of São Paulo Medical School (FM-USP) have found that SARS-CoV-2 infects and replicates in salivary gland cells. The study's findings, supported by FAPESP, have been published in the Journal of Pathology.
Through the analysis of samples from 3 types of salivary glands collected during a minimally invasive autopsy procedure in patients who died from Covid-19 complications at the FM-USP Hospital, they found that these tissues, which produce and secrete saliva, are reservoirs for the novel coronavirus.
The findings help explain why the novel coronavirus is . . .
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