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COVID-19 May Reactivate Dormant Viruses

Nearly half of hospitalized patients had detectable reactivation of at least one chronic virus

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Nearly half of hospitalized COVID-19 patients had detectable reactivation of at least one chronic virus during acute illness.
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The study included 1,154 unvaccinated patients admitted to 20 US hospitals between May 2020 and March 2021.
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Chronic viral transcripts were found in 550 of 1,148 evaluable patients within the first 40 days of admission.
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Herpesvirus and Anelloviridae transcripts were linked to greater COVID-19 severity and one-year mortality in critically ill patients.
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The study's limitations include reliance on RNA sequencing and a cohort limited to unvaccinated patients with early SARS-CoV-2 variants.