Persistent SARS-CoV-2 infection, EBV, HHV-6 and other factors may contribute to inflammation and autoimmunity in long COVID

A Vojdani, E Vojdani, E Saidara, M Maes - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
A novel syndrome called long-haul COVID or long COVID is increasingly recognized in a
significant percentage of individuals within a few months after infection with SARS-CoV-2 …

Reactivation of herpesviruses during COVID‐19: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

A Shafiee, MM Teymouri Athar, MJ Amini… - Reviews in medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
To provide a comprehensive systematic review and meta‐analysis regarding the cumulative
incidence (incidence proportion) of human herpesvirus (HHV) reactivation among patients …

Chronic viral coinfections differentially affect the likelihood of developing long COVID

MJ Peluso, TM Deveau, SE Munter… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
BACKGROUND The presence and reactivation of chronic viral infections, such as EBV,
CMV, and HIV, have been proposed as potential contributors to long COVID (LC), but …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation of long COVID prevalence and its relationship to Epstein-Barr virus reactivation

JE Gold, RA Okyay, WE Licht, DJ Hurley - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
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Herpesvirus infections and post-COVID-19 manifestations: a pilot observational study

S Zubchenko, I Kril, O Nadizhko, O Matsyura… - Rheumatology …, 2022 - Springer
The global spread of SARS-CoV-2 points to unrivaled mutational variation of the virus,
contributing to a variety of post-COVID sequelae in immunocompromised subjects and high …

Positive Epstein–Barr virus detection in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients

T Chen, J Song, H Liu, H Zheng, C Chen - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The objective of this study was to detect the Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) coinfection in
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In this retrospective single-center study, we included …

Reactivation of EBV and CMV in severe COVID-19—epiphenomena or trigger of hyperinflammation in need of treatment? A large case series of critically ill patients

JH Naendrup, J Garcia Borrega… - Journal of intensive …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Reactivation of viruses such as Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and cytomegalovirus
(CMV) are common in critically ill patients and have been described in patients with severe …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of pre-existing chronic viral infection and reactivation on the development of long COVID

MJ Peluso, TM Deveau, SE Munter, D Ryder, A Buck… - MedRxiv, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The presence and reactivation of chronic viral infections such as Epstein-Barr virus (EBV),
cytomegalovirus (CMV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have been proposed as …

Urgency and necessity of Epstein-Barr virus prophylactic vaccines

L Zhong, C Krummenacher, W Zhang, J Hong, Q Feng… - npj Vaccines, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a γ-herpesvirus, is the first identified oncogenic virus,
which establishes permanent infection in humans. EBV causes infectious mononucleosis …

[HTML][HTML] Opportunistic infections in COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

N Kurra, PI Woodard, N Gandrakota, H Gandhi… - Cureus, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The prevalence, incidence, and characteristics of bacterial infections in patients infected with
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 are not well understood and have been …