Comment Epstein-Barr virus and long covid. (Score 2) 51
We found that 66.7% (20/30) of long COVID subjects versus 10% (2/20) of control subjects in our primary study group were positive for EBV reactivation based on positive titers for EBV early antigen-diffuse (EA-D) IgG or EBV viral capsid antigen (VCA) IgM.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8233978/
Epstein-Barr a.k.a. 'mono" sounds like a nasty little shit and a prime target for vaccine research. Here's two more recent studies:
https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2022/01/epstein-barr-virus-multiple-sclerosis.html
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22693505/