LongCovid
A study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) suggests need to boost CD8+ T cell response after infection.
“These findings suggest that SARS-CoV-2 infection damages the CD8+ T cell response, an effect akin to that observed in earlier studies showing long-term damage to the immune system after infection with viruses such as hepatitis C or HIV.”
Are you looking for a good overview of all of the research into Long COVID? A Nature review paper undertaken by the Patient-Led Research Collaborative for Long COVID (PLRC)…
Do not miss this really interesting article written by Carrie Arnold (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health) on Long COVID’s causes and impacts. The article has just…
Why do some people infected with COVID-19 develop postacute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) while others do not? This is the question that Herman et al. try to answer with…
New study assessed symptom severity and various biomarkers at three time points post infection (3-8 months, 9-16 months, 17-20 months) in 106 Post-COVID Syndrome (PCS) patients with moderate…