COVID-19 Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Respiratory tract === Following viral entry, COVID‑19 infects the ciliated epithelium of the nasopharynx and upper airways.<ref>{{#invoke:cite journal || vauthors = Marik PE, Iglesias J, Varon J, Kory P | title = A scoping review of the pathophysiology of COVID-19 | journal = International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology | volume = 35 | pages = 20587384211048026 | date = January 2021 | pmid = 34569339 | pmc = 8477699 | doi = 10.1177/20587384211048026 }}</ref> Autopsies of people who died of COVID‑19 have found [[diffuse alveolar damage]], and lymphocyte-containing inflammatory infiltrates within the lung.<ref name="Cureus">{{#invoke:cite journal || vauthors = Eketunde AO, Mellacheruvu SP, Oreoluwa P | title = A Review of Postmortem Findings in Patients With COVID-19 | journal = Cureus | volume = 12 | issue = 7 | pages = e9438 | date = July 2020 | pmid = 32864262 | pmc = 7451084 | doi = 10.7759/cureus.9438 | publisher = Cureus, Inc. | s2cid = 221352704 | doi-access = free | title-link = doi }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page