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After the acute phase, the virus remains in the body -- in that way, it's like HPV or HIV. In some people it's dormant, in others it weakens and wastes certain
by btbuildem 3y ago
After the acute phase, the virus remains in the body -- in that way, it's like HPV or HIV. In some people it's dormant, in others it weakens and wastes certain organs or entire systems (like the T-cell depletion, weakening the immune system).
There is also some evidence that some of the significant mutations / new strains arose not from "natural selection" via transmission, but from prolonged mutation in a single host.
- thenerdhead 3y ago> There is also some evidence that some of the significant mutations / new strains arose not from "natural selection" via transmission, but from prolonged mutation in a single host. I have read a lot of research on this topic and I have not seen this suggestion, rather I have only seen the neutral (that it hasn't mutated from persistence/potential replication in a host). Do you have a link to a study that suggests this?
- btbuildem 3y agoI came across a couple of journal articles, if you keep digging there's more. I haven't found a longitudinal study yet. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9241677/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9241677/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35996593/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35996593/
- thenerdhead 3y agoThank you!
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