Researchers from Maastricht University, the Hubrecht Institute Utrecht and the Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam have discovered that the coronavirus can infect and multiply intestinal cells. The results may explain why a third of corona patients have gastrointestinal complaints, such as nausea and diarrhea. “This discovery may have implications for treatment,” said Peter Peters, Professor of Nanobiology at Maastricht University. “Does the virus go to the lungs or the intestines first? It could well be that the infectious disease starts in the intestines and then spreads to the lungs. But that still needs to be investigated.”
At the table, we also speak with Christian Hoebe, doctor of infectious disease control at the GGD Zuid-Limburg, about the intestinal examination. The recent corona figures are also included.
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