Nelly Kanberg, Anna Grahn, Erika Stentoft, Daniel Bremell, Aylin Yilmaz, Marie Studahl, Staffan Nilsson, Michael Schöll, Johanna M Gostner, Kaj Blennow, Henrik Zetterberg, Nikhil Padmanabhan, Rachel Cohen, Salvia Misaghian, Daniel Romero, Christopher Campbell, Anu Mathew, Mingyue Wang, George Sigal, Martin Stengelin, Arvid Edén, Magnus Gisslén
BACKGROUND: To investigate evidence of residual viral infection, intrathecal immune activation, central nervous system (CNS) injury, and humoral responses in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma in patients recovering from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), with or without neurocognitive post-COVID condition (PCC). METHODS: Thirty-one participants (25 with neurocognitive PCC) underwent clinical examination, lumbar puncture, and venipuncture ≥3 months after COVID-19 symptom onset...
October 24, 2023: Journal of Infectious Diseases