CROI - Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections At this years CROI conference there were some presentations on Long-COVID (videos can be found at https://www.croiwebcasts.org/portal/ by using search terms such as "Long-Covid" or "post-acute"). There were also presentations of Ebola survives which might be of interest. The following abstracts/posters of unpublished work have raised discussions in patient communities: Peripheral Immune Progression to Long COVID Is Driven by Mitochondrial Gene Transcription Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in Platelets and Megakaryocytes in Long COVID (poster)
The summary points from the second poster (by Dominique Salmon's team) are — Circulating megakaryocyte frequency is increased in LC Megakaryocytes contain SARS-CoV-2 Spike and dsRNA in LC Spike is detected in plasma in LC Platelets contain SARS-CoV-2 Spike and RNA in LC Peripheral serotonin was reduced in LC
10 minute talk on megakaryocyte viral reservoir findings by Morgane Bomsel at PolyBio Spring 2024 Symposium.
