COVID Patient's Infection Lasts Record 613 Days—and Accumulated Over 50 Mutations

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Zoonoses

Pandemics

Atypical pneumonias

Occupational safety and health

Variants of SARS-CoV-2

Zoonotic origins of COVID-19

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COVID Patient's Infection Lasts Record 613 Days—and Accumulated Over 50 Mutations. View article details on HISWAI: https://time.com/6968880/long-covid-record-infection-mutations-netherlands/

Summary

The article describes a case in Epidemiology where a patient with a compromised immune system harbored a mutating SARS-CoV-2 strain for 613 days, underscoring risks of prolonged infections and the importance of surveillance in immunocompromised individuals to monitor potential zoonoses and pandemics. The tags, including 'COVID-19,' 'Variants of SARS-CoV-2,' and 'Occupational safety and health,' are directly related to the discussed epidemiological concerns and study of the virus.

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