Xiao Fu, Zhujian Wang, Binjun Chen, Haojie Sun, Jihan Lyu, Jing Shao, Xiaoling Lu, Jianghong Xu, Juanmei Yang, Fanglu Chi, Yibo Huang, Dongdong Ren
A large-scale outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) occurred in Shanghai, China, in early December 2022. To study the incidence and characteristics of otitis media with effusion (OME) complicating SARS-CoV-2, we collected 267 middle ear effusion (MEE) samples and 172 nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs from patients. The SARS-CoV-2 virus was detected by RT-PCR targeting. The SARS-CoV-2 virus, angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), and transmembrane serine protease 2 (TMPRSS2) expression in human samples was examined via immunofluorescence...
March 2024: Journal of Medical Virology