TABLE 2.
Description of autopsy brain samples used and summary of HCoV RT-PCR results
| Diagnosis | Sex | Mean age ± range | HCoV detectiona
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| 229E | OC43 | Both | |||
| MS | Male | 53 ± 12 | 11/20 | 7/20 | 5/20 |
| Female | 45 ± 13 | 9/19 | 7/19 | 6/19 | |
| Normal control | Male | 64 ± 19 | 9/19 | 4/19 | 4/19 |
| Female | 67 ± 17 | 2/5 | 1/5 | 0/5 | |
| ONNeurologicalD | |||||
| Alzheimer's | Male | 80 ± 2 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/2 |
| Female | 80 ± 6 | 2/8 | 1/8 | 0/8 | |
| Parkinson's | Male | 75 ± 3 | 3/4 | 0/4 | 0/4 |
| Female | 66 ± 18 | 1/2 | 0/2 | 0/2 | |
| Schizophrenia | Male | 65 ± 7 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 1/3 |
| Female | 67 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| Depression | Male | 81 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| Female | 79 ± 3 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/2 | |
| Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | Male | 80 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| Bacterial meningitis | Male | 70 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| Meningoencephalitis | Male | 68 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 |
a
Number of samples positive for viral strain(s)/number of samples tested.