ME/CFS Science @mecfsscience.org · 12/08/20261) 🇺🇸 A new paper in Nature shows that viral reactivation is common in COVID-19, associated with severity and not primarily a consequence of immunosuppression. The association with Long Covid, however, was far from clear. 12810
ME/CFS Science @mecfsscience.org · 12/08/20262) This was a major study with 1,154 participants hospitalized with COVID-19 across 20 US hospitals between May 2020 and March 2021. Viruses were detected in blood, nasal swabs, and lung and airway fluid (in patients who were intubated). 1100
ME/CFS Science @mecfsscience.org · 12/08/20263) Samples were collected multiple times so we can see a trajectory of viral reactivation. EBV reactivation, for example, started high but quickly declined, whereas Anelloviridae reactivation showed a slower decline. 190
