In first of a series of three videos, Dr Asad Khan and I talk to virologist Dr Bhupesh Prusty about the latest research that shows how reactivated latent viruses can cause havoc at cellular level in both ME/CFS and Long Covid.
The content does get quite technical at times – if it starts to melt your brain, there is a digested summary at the end.
Supporting resources:
Latest pre-print:
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.06.23.23291827v1
Herpesviruses, Messed Up Mitochondria and a Biomarker for ME/CFS and Long COVID:
https://www.healthrising.org/blog/2023/06/09/prusty-on-herpesviruses-messed-up-mitochondria-and-a-biomarker-for-me-cfs-and-long-covid/
Tissue specific signature of HHV-6 in ME/CFS
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366256634_Tissue_specific_signature_of_HHV-6_infection_in_MECFS
Chronic viral infections in ME/CFS:
https://translational-medicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12967-018-1644-y
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Interested in my second channel?
Here are some links!
5 Reasons Why Top Gun Maverick Crushes the Original | Film Director Breaks it Down:
Why Succession Shouldn’t Work at All, But is Somehow the Best Show on TV:
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The Long Covid Handbook (Feb 2023) by Gez Medinger & Professor Danny Altmann (and published by Penguin Books) is now available in paperback, ebook and audiobook. A singular resource that brings together everything patients, clinicians and academics have learnt about the condition to date, as well as lessons from sufferers and researchers of ME/CFS and other chronic conditions. It offers world leading expert advice on understanding, managing and treating Long Covid. It is available from the following links.
US: https://a.co/d/0gvkJCU
UK: https://amzn.eu/d/9KjurGb
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