COVID-19 Attacks the Kidney: Ultrastructural Evidence for the Presence of Virus in the Glomerular Epithelium

Nephron. 2020;144(7):341-342. doi: 10.1159/000508430. Epub 2020 Jun 8.

Authors

Mauro Abbate¹, Daniela Rottoli², Andrea Gianatti³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Molecular Medicine, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Bergamo, Italy, mauro.abbate@marionegri.it.
² Department of Molecular Medicine, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Bergamo, Italy.
³ Department of Laboratory Medicine, Anatomic Pathology, Azienda Ospedaliera ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy.

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / virology*
Female
Humans
Kidney Glomerulus / ultrastructure
Kidney Glomerulus / virology*
Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / virology*
SARS-CoV-2