Scientists, a woman 335 days along COVID-19 infection Turns out he was struggling with it. Researchers, SARS COV-2 new type welded coronavirus He continues to work on While thousands of scientists around the world are investigating the source of the virus, a group of scientists is focusing on vaccines and drug treatments.
for the first time in late 2019 ChineseThe new type of coranavirus, which emerged in turkey and then spread all over the world in early 2020, is responsible for the death of millions of people globally. Vaccines developed with various technologies slow the spread of the virus and reduce the loss of life. However, there is one person who had to share almost an entire year with this virus.
Longest COVID-19 infection
A 47-year-old woman living in the USA, longest coronavirus infection broke the record for time. Researchers have found that at least 335 days He said he had the virus all along. The patient was first diagnosed in Bethesda, Maryland in the spring of 2020. at the National Institutes of Health was taken to hospital.
In the later period, the woman had a comfortable period in terms of COVID-19 infection. because too much mild symptoms showed or not at all. But even after ten months, the woman’s test results were positive.
The patient’s viral load It rose again this March, and doctors sequenced its genome. According to the analysis, viral loads very similar to the coronavirus he carried ten months ago were detected. They also found that it was unlike any species circulating in the general population at the time.
Well, this woman almost spent the whole year. COVID-19 infection What is your reason for living with it? Science NewsAccording to the news, there is an answer to this. The 47-year-old woman successfully married nearly three years ago. leukemia has undergone treatment. He could not get over the virus because his immunity was suppressed and the antibody-producing B cells decreased during the disease and treatment process.
In addition, such studies help scientists understand how the virus develops. For example, 216 days carrying the coronavirus HIVA study on a woman with mutate 30 times he showed up.
Meanwhile, the research team MedRxivPublished as a preprint. However, the article has not yet gone through peer-review.