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‘Coronavirus can affect memory, language’
Publicado em 16 de outubro de 2020
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is capable of infecting brain tissue and affecting the structure of the cortex, a region of the brain responsible for functions such as memory, consciousness, and language, according to a Brazilian study released on Thursday, reports Xinhua.
“We demonstrated for the first time that the SARS-CoV-2 virus infects and replicates in astrocytes and this can decrease the viability of neurons,” said Daniel Martins de Souza, a professor at the [...]
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Amazon city of Manaus may have reached ‘herd immunity’: study
Publicado em 24 setembro 2020The Brazilian city of Manaus, which was devastated by the coronavirus pandemic, may have suffered so many infections that its population now benefits from “herd immunity,” according to a preliminary study, report BSS/AFP. Published on the website medRxiv, the study analyzed infection data with mathematical modeling to estimate that 66 percent of the population had antibodies to the new coronavirus in Manaus, where the pandemic’s passage was as fast as it was brutal. That may [...]ver notícia