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Abstract
SARS-CoV-2-induced latent autoimmunity may play a role in long-COVID symptoms.
- Associations were explored between serum immunoglobulin G (IgG) responses to 18 self-antigens and antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2.
- The study also examined antibody responses to common chronic infections such as Epstein-Barr virus, cytomegalovirus, Helicobacter pylori, and Toxoplasma gondii.
- Findings suggest that latent autoimmunity could be involved in the symptoms experienced by some long-COVID patients.
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