WhiteBoard Style Lecture detailing a new Letter to the Editor theorizing about SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, being able to spread to the brain. We will go over the background including how other coronaviruses can invade neural tissue. We will then detail the different possible mechanisms including endocytosis, breakdown of the blood brain barrier during the hyperinflammatory phase, and possible direct invasion through the olfactory nerves!
Link to Letter to the Editor:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/apha.13473
Link to video on COVID-19 Acute Necrotizing Encephalitis:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YfHG7Jyp8s&t=1s
There will be a running series of videos using the most up to date information on COVID-19, but this is an evolving field and new videos may come out that contradict that previous information. That is okay and is the nature of a fast paced and evolving clinical scenario. Stick with us as we work to unveil the intricacies of COVID-19, it's clinical significance, and society implications. *****This is strictly educational and not to be mistaken as clinical recommendations, please verify all information with accepted guidelines and practice patterns.****