Giuseppe MichieliMar 14, 2025
Prevalence of #EBV, #HHV6, #HCMV, #HAdV, #SARS-CoV-2, and #Autoantibodies to Type I #Interferon in #Sputum from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / #CFS Patients, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2025/03/prevalence-of-ebv-hhv6-hcmv-hadv-sars.html
Prevalence of #EBV, #HHV6, #HCMV, #HAdV, #SARS-CoV-2, and #Autoantibodies to Type I #Interferon in #Sputum from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / #CFS Patients

MY ACCT HAS MOVED TO {below}Jan 4, 2025
https://www.mdedge.com/neurology/article/272041/alzheimers-cognition/common-gut-infection-tied-alzheimers-disease #medicine #hcmv #alzheimers
Common Gut Infection Tied to Alzheimer’s Disease | MDedge

Experts speculate HCMV may travel via the vagus nerve from the colon to the brain where it triggers the onset of AD.

Thiago CarvalhoJan 28, 2023

"The team hypothesised that some of the T cells specific to SARS-CoV-2 had been activated by a herpesvirus called human #cytomegalovirus (HCMV). This pathogen is highly prevalent in the population and has also been linked to changes in the severity of #COVID19 symptoms (Alanio et al., 2022). To investigate, they stimulated pre-pandemic blood samples with different segments of SARS-CoV-2 proteins. This led them to discover a population of ‘cross-reactive’ CD4 and CD8 T cells that can recognize epitopes from both #SARSCoV2 and #HCMV"

https://elifesciences.org/articles/85080?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic_insights

T Cells: Ready and waiting to go

Some T cells that have been activated by a herpesvirus can also respond to SARS-CoV-2, even if the original herpesvirus infection happened before the COVID-19 pandemic.

eLife