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Persistent systemic infection for months
In people who died of Covid, the virus was found in various tissues throughout the body, including the brain, as late as 230 days following the symptom onset of an acute infection. In some patients, the virus can cause systemic infection and persist in the body for months. Among the other affected organs and tissues are the heart and blood vessels, lungs and the respiratory system, muscles, skin, thyroid, esophagus, spleen, appendix, adrenal glands, ovaries, testes, and womb.
In people who died of Covid, the virus was found in various tissues throughout the body, including the brain, as late as 230 days following the symptom onset of an acute infection.
In some patients, the virus can cause systemic infection and persist in the body for months. Among the other affected organs and tissues are the heart and blood vessels, lungs and the respiratory system, muscles, skin, thyroid, esophagus, spleen, appendix, adrenal glands, ovaries, testes, and womb.
Source: SARS-CoV-2 infection and persistence in the human body and brain at autopsy | Nature
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Virus in stool 10 months later
SARS-CoV-2 particles are found in the stool of 13% of patients even 7 months after mild to moderate Covid. This "fecal shedding" can continue even 10 months after the initial infection and is associated with gastrointestinal symptoms like abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting, suggesting prolonged infection of the gastrointestinal tract.
SARS-CoV-2 particles are found in the stool of 13% of patients even 7 months after mild to moderate Covid.
This "fecal shedding" can continue even 10 months after the initial infection and is associated with gastrointestinal symptoms like abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting, suggesting prolonged infection of the gastrointestinal tract.
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Immune development in babies
Babies were born with reservoirs of SARS-CoV-2 in their intestines months after the mother's infection. The presence of SARS-CoV-2 in a baby's gut may significantly impact the development of the immune system both before and after birth, with the potential for babies to suffer from higher susceptibility to disease and other dangerous outcomes.
Babies were born with reservoirs of SARS-CoV-2 in their intestines months after the mother's infection.
The presence of SARS-CoV-2 in a baby's gut may significantly impact the development of the immune system both before and after birth, with the potential for babies to suffer from higher susceptibility to disease and other dangerous outcomes.
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