A 72-year-old from the Netherlands was infected with COVID-19 for 613 days, the longest period of infection ever recorded.
Dutch researchers have reported the case of an immunocompromised man, who was infected with the virus for so long, a new variant evolved inside his body.
The man's immune system had become compromised after a stem cell transplant, which depleted the immune cells that usually fight COVID-19.Where healthy patients can clear the virus within days, immunocompromised people can develop persistent infections. The man died after "a relapse of his haematological condition", but had retained a high viral load for 613 days.The scientists said "the case highlights the potential for new COVID-19 variants to arise in immunocompromised patients with very long infections".
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