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Volume 27, Number 12—December 2021
Research Letter

Postmortem Stability of SARS-CoV-2 in Mouse Lung Tissue

Sophie A. Valkenburg, Samuel M.S. Cheng, Asmaa Hachim, Malik Peiris, and John NichollsComments to Author 
Author affiliation: The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

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Postmortem stability of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in mouse lung tissue. A) Infectious virus measured by TCID50 of VeroE6 cells. B) Viral RNA measured by copies of N gene detected by RT-PCR. C) Percentage change compared with day 0. D) Correlation between infectious virus and viral RNA. R2 = 0.51; F = 0.005 by analysis of variance. NS, not significant; RT-PCR, reverse transcription PCR; TCID50, 50% tissue culture infectious dose.

Figure. Postmortem stability of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in mouse lung tissue. A) Infectious virus measured by TCID50 of VeroE6 cells. B) Viral RNA measured by copies of N gene detected by RT-PCR. C) Percentage change compared with day 0. D) Correlation between infectious virus and viral RNA. R2 = 0.51; F = 0.005 by analysis of variance. NS, not significant; RT-PCR, reverse transcription PCR; TCID50, 50% tissue culture infectious dose.

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