Neurotropism and Neuroinflammation in COVID-19 Patients With Delirium.

Emerging evidence indicates that SARS-CoV-2, the etiologic agent of COVID-19, can cause neurological, neuropsychological and psychiatric complications. Given the global dimensions of the current pandemic, there is to consider the possible large-scale neurocognitive impact of COVID-19. Therefore, there is an urgent need for longitudinal studies to determine the acute and chronic effects that COVID-19 may have on the Central Nervous System. These putative effects include the possibility that the CNS serves as a reservoir for the virus, and that COVID-19 triggers CNS deleterious inflammatory cascades and neurodegenerative process. The public implications of these effects are very important in the long term.