COVID virus can spread to heart, brain days after infection, study says
By Yaron Steinbuch
December 27, 2021 2:38pm
The virus that causes COVID-19 can spread to a patient’s heart and brain days after infection — and survive for months in organs, according to a new study that may shed light on the so-called “long COVID.”
Scientists at the US National Institutes of Health in Maryland studied tissues taken from 44 people who had died after contracting the illness during the first year of the pandemic in the US, Bloomberg News reported.
They discovered SARS-CoV-2 RNA in various parts of the body — including the heart and brain — for as long as 230 days after the onset of symptoms, according to the news outlet.
The delayed viral clearance was cited as a possible contributor to long-haul COVID, also called “post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2,” which is defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a range of long-lasting symptoms among patients.
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