from Hacker News

Post-Covid inflammatory shock in children traced to Epstein-Barr virus

by tchalla on 3/13/25, 7:49 PM with 1 comments

• by blackeyeblitzar on 3/13/25, 8:38 PM

  This finding is about the inflammatory shock (MISC) mainly. But I thought this hint from the paper about long covid was worth highlighting since a much larger number of people are affected:

  > There are indications, for example, that reactivation of dormant viruses could play a role in long COVID. “There could be parallels with the processes at work in MIS-C, which would make TGFβ inhibitors potential candidates for a treatment for long COVID,” says Mashreghi.