Die Spezialisten vom Long-Covid Netzwerk Solothurn untersuchen Long-Covid Betroffene, schliessen andere Diagnosen aus und behandeln nach aktuellen Leitlinien und neuesten wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnis...

How likely is it to become infected by SARS-CoV-2 after being exposed? Virtually everyone has wondered about this question during the COVID-19 pandemic. Contact tracing apps1,2 recorded measurements of proximity3 and duration between nearby smartphones. Contacts - individuals exposed to confirmed cases - were notified according to public health policies such as the 2-metre 15-minute guideline4,5, despite limited evidence supporting this threshold. Here we analysed 7 million contacts notified by the NHS COVID-19 app6,7 in England and Wales to infer how app measurements translated to actual transmissions. Empirical metrics and statistical modelling showed a strong relation between app-computed risk scores and actual transmission probability. Longer exposures at greater distances had similar risk to shorter exposures at closer distances. The probability of transmission confirmed by a reported positive test increased initially linearly with duration of exposure (1.1% per hour) and continued increasing over several days. While most exposures were short (median 0.7 hours, IQR 0.4-1.6), transmissions typically resulted from exposures lasting one hour to several days (median 6 hours, IQR 1.4-28). Households accounted for about 6% of contacts but 40% of transmissions. With sufficient preparation, privacy-preserving yet precise analyses of risk that would inform public health measures, based on digital contact tracing, could be performed within weeks of a new pathogen emerging.

Exercise intolerance is one symptom associated with long COVID. A new study helps explain its cause.

Nach der Covid-Infektion hat das Immunsystem noch lange nicht Feierabend. Doch die Schwächung ist nicht von Dauer, kann aber Monate andauern.

Das Spike-Protein des Corona-Virus ist nicht nur für die Zerstörung von Lungengewebe verantwortlich, es kann vielfältige andere schwere Erkrankungen auslösen oder begünstigen. Das gilt für das I...

Earlier, Klaus Wirth and Carmen Scheibenbogen found a way to explain the brain issues in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) without resorting to neuroinflammation. Their multipart series of ME/CFS hypo...

Investing US$1 billion every year for the next ten years into long COVID research could improve the lives of millions and save trillions in economic costs. Investing US$1 billion every year for the ne...

Das Charité Fatigue Centrum in Berlin forscht zu Behandlungsmöglichkeiten von ME/CFS und Post-Covid ME/CFS. Wir unterstützen diese wichtige Arbeit. Hilf uns dabei mit Deiner Spende!