Abrupt Deterioration of COVID-19 Patients and Spreading of SARS COV-2 Virions in the Lungs.

Filipovic, N; Saveljic, I; Hamada, K; Tsuda, A · Ann Biomed Eng · 2020

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

A unique feature of COVID-19 interstitial pneumonia is an abrupt progression to respiratory failure. Our calculation shows that this abrupt deteriorate may be caused by a sudden shift in the spread of virus-laden bioaerosols through the airways to many different regions of the lungs from the initial site of infection.

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