Kunal Sood, MD on Instagram: "New research suggests Epstein-Barr virus may play a bigger role in autoimmune disease than previously understood. The study found that EBV can infect a small subset of autoreactive B cells and reprogram them to act as antigen-presenting cells, which can activate helper T cells and amplify an autoimmune cascade. Lupus patients in the study had far more EBV-infected B cells than healthy controls, offering a clearer mechanistic link between the virus and disease develo

_janvi_linx on Instagram: "📢 Video in bio🔗 Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is a negative-sense single-stranded RNA virus of the family Pneumoviridae and is closely related to the Avian metapneumovirus subgroup C. It was isolated for the first time in 2001 in the Netherlands by using the RAP-PCR technique for identification of unknown viruses growing in cultured cells. Symptoms: Cough Fever Runny or stuffy nose Sore throat Wheezing. Shortness of breath (dyspnea) Rash transmission: HMPV spreads thr

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