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Scientists say the coronavirus could undermine the immune system in several ways.
For example, it’s possible that immune cells become confused because some viral proteins resemble proteins found on human cells, Luning Prak said. It’s also possible that the coronavirus lurks in the body at very low levels even after patients recover from their initial infection.
“We’re still at the very beginning stages of this,” said Luning Prak, director of Penn Medicine’s Human Immunology Core Facility.
Author(s): Liz Szabo
Publication Date: 4 March 2021
Publication Site: Kaiser Health News