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Journal Article
Herpesvirus Antibody Response and Occurrence of Symptoms in Acute and Post-Acute COVID-19 Disease
2024
Overview
Knowledge about the underlying causes of the individual occurrence of symptoms during acute COVID-19 disease and during the post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 is limited. In a German COVID-19 follow-up study, we assessed whether elevated antibody responses to herpesviruses were associated with symptom occurrence in acute COVID-19 disease (n = 96 participants) and during 20 months of follow-up (n = 62 participants). Serum samples were analyzed for their antibodies to herpes simplex virus (HSV)-1 and -2, Epstein–Barr virus (EBV), and Cytomegalovirus (CMV) using fluorescent bead-based multiplex serology. The association of herpesvirus antibodies with symptom occurrence (fatigue, fever, dyspnea, decrease in taste, concentration problems) was assessed using multivariate logistic regression models. High EBV antibody levels were significantly associated with a more than fourfold increased odds of experiencing fatigue during acute COVID-19 disease and during follow-up. High CMV antibody levels were significantly associated with a more than threefold increased odds of experiencing concentration problems and a decrease in taste during the follow-up. The HSV-1 and -2 antibody levels were not elevated in the individuals that experienced symptoms. In conclusion, our findings indicate that herpesvirus infections, specifically EBV and CMV infections, might play a role in symptom development during acute and post-acute COVID-19 disease. It remains to be elucidated whether the elevated EBV and CMV antibodies determined in our study are indicators of herpesvirus reactivation.
Publisher
MDPI AG,MDPI
Subject
/ Aged
/ Antigens
/ Complications and side effects
/ COVID-19
/ Cytomegalovirus - immunology
/ Cytomegalovirus Infections - complications
/ Cytomegalovirus Infections - immunology
/ Cytomegalovirus Infections - virology
/ Dyspnea
/ Fatigue
/ Female
/ Fever
/ Herpes
/ Herpesviridae Infections - immunology
/ Herpesviridae Infections - virology
/ Herpesvirus 1, Human - immunology
/ Herpesvirus 4, Human - immunology
/ Humans
/ Male
/ PASC
/ Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome
/ Proteins
/ Serology
/ Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
/ Testing
