By Michael Irving November 05, 2023A transmission electron microscope image of a satellite virus attached to a helper virus, a phenomenon which has never been seen before Tagide deCarvalhoScientists have discovered that viruses can latch onto other viruses to insert their genes into host cells. Lab results with apparent contamination led the team to directly see...
Neha MathurBy Neha MathurOct 30 2023Reviewed by Susha Cheriyedath, M.Sc. Image Credit: Created with the assistance of DALL·E 3 In a recent study posted to the medRxiv preprint* server, researchers pursued evidence of whether severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) antigens, of which spike (S) protein is highly immunogenic, persist beyond the acute phase...
By Pooja Toshniwal Paharia Oct 31 2023 Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. In a recent study published in The Lancet Regional Health-Europe, researchers investigated the prevalence rate of physical-type symptoms by the severity of acute coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) beyond two years of diagnosis. Study: COVID-19 illness severity and 2-year prevalence of physical symptoms: an...
An international research team, including Jonathan C. Schisler, PhD, in the UNC School of Medicine, has found how SARS-CoV-2 causes widespread “energy outages” throughout major organs, and how these effects contribute to debilitating long COVID sympto Peer-Reviewed Publication UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HEALTH CARE JONATHAN C. SCHISLER, PHD CREDIT: UNC DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY CHAPEL HILL,...
by University of Tsukuba Researchers moved a mannequin equipped with a device that emits aerosol particles to examine the number and movement of the particles. Credit: Takeshi Asai, professor emeritus at the University of TsukubaThe main transmission routes identified initially for the novel coronavirus infection were droplet and contact transmission. Airborne transmission by aerosol particles was...
By Caroline Burke Getty Images Buckle up for a surprisingly exciting crash course on serotonin. The results of a new study on long Covid are out, and they’re more than promising — they might even be groundbreaking. Conducted by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, the study suggests there may be a strong connection between serotonin...
Dr. Sushama R. Chaphalkar, PhD.By Dr. Sushama R. Chaphalkar, PhD.Oct 24 2023Reviewed by Susha Cheriyedath, M.Sc. In a cohort study published in the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) Pediatrics, researchers from California examined the children who tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). They evaluated the duration of infectivity (culturable virus shedding) of the...
by Deb Balzer, Mayo Clinic Electron micrograph of negatively stained Parvovirus B19 in blood. Each virus particle is about 25 to 30nM in diameter. Credit: GrahamColm/CC BY 3.0Parvovirus B19 is the cause of fifth disease, a mild rash typically seen in children, although adults can contract the virus. Parvovirus B19 affects only humans. You can’t contract...
22 October 2023 ByCLARE WATSON (Westend61/Getty Images) A new study pointing to reduced levels of a well-known chemical messenger in people with long COVID has landed on a pathway that unites several possible causes of the disabling condition. Just like other researchers before them, University of Pennsylvania immunologist Andrea Wong and colleagues went in search...
Megan Brooks It’s been estimated that up to one third of people who survive acute SARS-CoV-2 infection will suffer a post-viral syndrome with lingering neurologic and other symptoms — now known as long COVID or neurological postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (Neuro-PASC). However, new research suggests that may be an underestimate and that far more...
