Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant in a severely immunocompromised HIV-1-infected patient in the omicron era.
New Microbiol
; 45(4)2022 May 23.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2169095
ABSTRACT
Persistence of detectable viral RNA does not depend on the symptomatic status of the patients. Here we describe the case of a strongly immunocompromised patient living with a prolonged SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant infection without showing any symptoms. The importance of our findings is that the persistence of infection with an old SARS-CoV-2 strain, in an immunocompromised host, may allow recombination events generating new viral variants whose pathogenicity cannot be predicted. Our observation calls for the urgent need for continuous monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 genomic evolution in immunocompromised patients.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
/
Variants
Language:
English
Journal subject:
Microbiology
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Italy
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