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Study Reveals Main Target of COVID-19 in Brain and Describes Effects of Virus on Nervous System
Publicado em 03 de agosto de 2022
Summary: SARS_CoV_2, the virus responsible for COVID-19 infects and replicates in astrocytes, reducing neural viability.
Source: FAPESP
A Brazilian study published in the journalPNASdescribes some of the effects infection by SARS-CoV-2 can have on the central nervous system.
A preliminary version (not yet peer-reviewed) posted in 2020 was one of the first to show that the virus that causes COVID-19 can infect brain cells, especially astrocytes. It also broke new ground by describing [...]