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/10.11...

Herpesviruses, Messed Up Mitochondria and a Biomarker for ME/CFS and Long COVID:
https://www.healthrising.org/blog/202...

Tissue specific signature of HHV-6 in ME/CFS
https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...

Chronic viral infections in ME/CFS:
https://translational-medicine.biomed...


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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.

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