infection

Rates of infection with other pathogens after a positive COVID-19 test versus a negative test in US veterans November, 2021, to December, 2023: a retrospective cohort study Miao Cai; Evan Xu; Yan Xie; Ziyad Al-Aly BACKGROUND SARS-CoV-2 infection leads to post-acute sequelae that can affect...

Interesting article in the weeks New Scientist Microbes in mind https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335104-500-the-brain-has-its-own-microbiome-heres-what-it-means-for-your-health/ The brain has its own microbiome. Here's what it means for your health Neuroscientists have been surprised...

Solve ME has created an automated tool (meant for folks in the USA) that will contact your Member of Congress (email/phone/twitter) and ask them to support a new "home" for "Infection-Associated Chronic Conditions and Illnesses" (IACCIs). Text part of the automated tool: There's another...

Abstract Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection can lead to postacute sequelae in multiple organ systems, but evidence is mostly limited to the first year postinfection. We built a cohort of 138,818 individuals with SARS-CoV-2 infection and 5,985,227 noninfected...

Human Immune Cell Epigenomic Signatures in Response to Infectious Diseases and Chemical Exposures Wenliang Wang; Manoj Hariharan; Anna Bartlett; Cesar Barragan; Rosa Castanon; Vince Rothenberg; Haili Song; Joseph Nery; Andrew Aldridge; Jordan Altshul; Mia Kenworthy; Wubin Ding; Hanqing Liu; Wei...

Discontinuation of Universal Admission Testing for SARS-CoV-2 and Hospital-Onset COVID-19 Infections in England and Scotland Theodore R. Pak; Chanu Rhee; Rui Wang; Michael Klompas Link | PDF (JAMA Internal Medicine)

Abstract Purpose of the review Persistent infections capable of causing central nervous system (CNS) complications months or years after the initial infection represent a major public health concern. This concern is particularly relevant considering the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019...

Abstract The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant has been associated with less severe acute disease, however, concerns remain as to whether long-term complaints persist to a similar extent as for earlier variants. Studying 1 323 145 persons aged 18-70 years living in Norway with and...

Many infectious agents are capable of disrupting the normal functioning of the central nervous system (CNS) by invading the brain parenchyma. Some of these pathogens, for example encephalitic viruses and meningitis bacteria, cause acute perturbations, whilst the effects of others, such as prions...

The impact of viral infections on the brain has been long studied in the context of rabies, herpes simplex, HIV, measles, and a few other viruses that target the organ directly, but little has been known about indirect effects of viral infections. This specific research has been boosted though...

Abstract Background Public trust in the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination programme has been challenged by reports of potential severe adverse effects. The reported adverse symptoms were heterogeneous and overlapping with those characterised as chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and have been...

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2021.0125 For canaries, just seeing their feathered friends get sick may be enough to preemptively rev up their immune systems.

I'm asking this because this is what triggered a severe worsening of my symptoms at the time. It coincided with sporadic serum hyperpotassemia but no test or swap had been done on infections.

In mice. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-09-key-role-immune-cells-brain.html An interesting bit from the very technical and way above my head paper the above is based on: immune cells get through the BBB into the brain even as the virus is being cleared by antiviral treatment, and the...

This was shown on BBC4 but it is available on BBC iplayer. (originally aired in 2012) Absolutely fascinating (particularly for biology novices like me). " There is a battle playing out inside your body right now. It started billions of years ago and it is still being fought in every one of us...

Review: A Unifying Hypothesis of the Pathophysiology of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS): Recognitions from the finding of autoantibodies against ß2-adrenergic receptors KlausWirtha CarmenScheibenbogen...

I'm currently taking nitrofurantoin for an infection. Initially I was so happy to be diagnosed with the infection because I had no idea I had one (only got diagnosed because I passed out at a bus stop, knocked my head and had to go to A&E for concussion...) I thought that getting the infection...

Sent to me by very supportive patient advocate for ME and CFS in Norfolk for nearly 40 years Dr Patrick Thompson ! "There is a mismatch between research questions which are considered to be important by patients, carers and healthcare professionals and the research performed in many fields of...

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30638421 https://sci-hub.tw/10.1177/1352458518823940

I've heard it said and I see it on ME-pedia's main page for ME... but it's not cited. This is something that's hard to search for. Anyone know where this figure comes from? Is it for real? And how was it determined?