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Is Covid-19 unique to other respiratory infections causing a severe cytokine storm which causes severe lung damage in some people before the immune system can f
by tibbydudeza 5y ago
Is Covid-19 unique to other respiratory infections causing a severe cytokine storm which causes severe lung damage in some people before the immune system can figure out the correct antibody ???.
- Jabbles 5y agoNo. Hyper-induction of pro-inflammatory cytokines, also known as a cytokine storm or cytokine release syndrome ... is not unique to the SARS-CoV-2 infection; it was prevalent in most of the major human coronavirus and influenza A subtype outbreaks of the past two decades (H5N1, SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, and H7N9). https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2021.629193/full https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2021.6291...
- tibbydudeza 5y agoThanks for the link - it seems Covid does something different compared to it's cousins. "Our curation indicates that the cytokine response induced by SARS-CoV-2 is different compared to other CRS-causing respiratory viruses".