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. 2020 Oct 5;19(11):919–929. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(20)30308-2

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Neuropathological findings and SARS-CoV-2 viral loads in studied patients (n=43)

Cases are arranged from left to right on the basis of the presence and quantity of SARS-CoV-2 in the brain. F=female. FFPE=formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded. HPF=high-power field. IHC=immunohistochemistry. M=male. P=parenchymal. PV=perivascular. qPCR=quantitative PCR. SARS-CoV-2=severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. *Values shown for positive cases represent number of copies of SARS-CoV-2 RNA (× 10³/mL); detection was done in the frontal lobe in cryopreserved specimens and in the upper medulla oblongata in FFPE specimens.