Mouse got sick from blood of Long Covid patients. Dutch researchers have published a study (preprint), 31. May 2024 : "Transfer of IgG from Long COVID patients induces symptomology in mice"
These patients were given a monoclonal antibody to tag viral RNA, then sent through a PET scanner for imaging to show the persistence. Even patients that didn't have long cov*d had viral RNA. #viral persistence
AMAZING STUDY : MULTIPLE OMICRON SUB-VARIANTS in MULTIPLE TISSUE locations,
such as the lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, and intestines, both after primary infection and after reinfections
MULTIPLE OMICRON SUB-VARIANTS in MULTIPLE TISSUE locations,
such as the lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, and intestines, both after primary infection and after reinfections
Another recent paper on viral persistence
SARS-CoV-2 can remain for 100's of days (one instance 505 days @ detection), including autopsy, stool analysis, and other empirical bases
Detailed thread on Twitter New study shows that those infected by Sars2/Covid have pockets of compartmentalized virus in organs across the body, including the heart and testis containing new variants implying virus is able to spawn new variants from ongoing infection ala HIV—180 unique variants found.
Detailed Twitter thread
Levels of COVID in the saliva correlated with symptoms, including taste loss.
Upon recovery, this asymptomatic cohort exhibited sustained salivary IgG antibodies against SARS-CoV-2. Suggesting virus in saliva for a while.
The CDC recommends condom use for weeks (?) after one is infected with SARS-2.
We know many people have persistent infections in GI, testes, brains, and more, so it wouldn't be any big surprise if LC can spread it sexually or if it restarted replicating in respiratory tissue.
We reaffirm that the main cause of LongCOVID is the Viral Persistence It should not be considered Post-Infectious,Sequelae There is an active infection that mainly affects the blood vessels and there are often co-infections Something similar happens in CFS
