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Covid-19 can infect, replicate in salivary gland cells
Publicado em 07 julho 2021
Sao Paulo, July 7 (IANS) Brazilian researchers have found that tissues which specialise in saliva production and secretion can serve as reservoirs for SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing Covid-19, magnifying its infectious potential.
Researchers at the University of Sao Paulo (USP) analysed samples from three types of salivary gland obtained during a minimally invasive autopsy procedure performed on 24 patients who died from complications of Covid-19 and discovered that SARS-CoV-2 infects and [...]
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Prior dengue infection can double Covid-19 risk: Study
Publicado em 19 maio 2021Sao Paulo, May 19 (IANS) People who have had dengue in the past are twice as likely to develop symptoms of Covid-19 if they are infected by coronavirus, finds a new study. The study, led by University of Sao Paulo in Brazil, detected the presence of antibodies against dengue virus and SARS-CoV-2 in blood samples from 1,285 inhabitants of Mancio Lima, a small town in the state of Acre, part of Brazil’s Amazon region. “Our results show that the populations most exposed to dengue, [...]ver notícia