Yuichiro Hirata, Harutaka Katano, Shun Iida, Sohtaro Mine, Sayaka Nagasawa, Yohsuke Makino, Ayumi Motomura, Seiya Ozono, Yuko Sato, Tsuyoshi Sekizuka, Makoto Kuroda, Rutsuko Yamaguchi, Go Inokuchi, Suguru Torimitsu, Shinji Akitomi, Daisuke Yajima, Hisako Saitoh, Tadaki Suzuki, Hirotaro Iwase
Numerous genomic analyses of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) have been conducted, highlighting its variations and lineage transitions. Despite the importance of forensic autopsy in investigating deaths due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), including out-of-hospital deaths, viral genomic analysis has rarely been reported due in part to postmortem changes. In this study, various specimens were collected from 18 forensic autopsy cases with SARS-CoV-2 infection...
August 2023: Journal of Medical Virology