A new clue to the reason some people come down with long COVID
* infection by SARS-CoV-2 can result in Long COVID (https://www.who.int/europe/news-room/fact-sheets/item/post-covid-19-condition) characterized by symptoms of fatigue, pulmonary & cognitive dysfunction
* preliminary research suggests genetics plays a role
* transcription factor FOXP4 variant associated with developing long COVID
FOXP4: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOXP4
Genome-wide Association Study of Long COVID
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.06.29.23292056v1
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