A person is infected with Corona for 613 days... How is that?

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">ArabiaWeather - A new study, the results of which will be presented at the upcoming ESCMID global conference in Barcelona, Spain, shed light on the <strong>“longest-suffering”</strong> case of the new Corona virus.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The study focuses on the risk of the emergence of new <strong>immunoresistant variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus</strong> in immunocompromised patients. According to the researchers, they described the evolution of the virus over a period of <strong>613 days</strong> in a patient with SARS-CoV-2 infection, resulting in the emergence of a new, highly pathogenic variant. Mutation.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The 72-year-old Dutch man was hospitalized in February 2022, and never recovered from the virus until he died in October last year. His 20-month infection with “high viral loads” is believed to be the longest in the history of medical records, although... Recording previous cases for hundreds of days.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Doctors confirmed that the man had a history of leukemia, and had undergone aggressive treatment that depleted B cells, including those that normally produce antibodies to “Covid-19.” </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/uploads-2020/%D8%B4%D8%AE%D8%B5%20%D9%8A%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A8%20%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%20%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A9%20613%20%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85...%20%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%81%20%D8%B0%D9%84%D9%83%D8%9F.jpg" style="width: 800px; height: 450px;" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The story of a Covid-19 patient and the immune-resistant virus variant</h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Although most patients clear their Covid-19 infection naturally within a few weeks, the man, whose identity has not been revealed, had a weak antibody response, despite receiving multiple Covid-19 vaccines. Although he received antibody treatments, he showed no response to these treatments when he was admitted to the hospital.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> He was called to the hospital repeatedly; Due to episodes of severe symptoms, persistent infection with SARS-CoV-2 has resulted in long periods of isolation during hospital admissions.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The story ended with the patient, whose name was not revealed, harboring a new, unique variant of the virus, as a result of its ability to mutate for a long period within his body and despite there being no evidence that this new variant was transmitted to anyone else.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Researchers confirmed that the virus mutated about 50 times inside the patient&#39;s body, which ultimately led to the production of a new immune-resistant variant. Because of its extensive development within the host.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> They warned that cases like this pose a significant risk to people&#39;s health, as they could lead to the emergence of new and deadly strains of the disease. Ultimately, the patient died in the fall of 2023; Due to the worsening of the underlying blood disorder he was suffering from.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Read also:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%... Arabia | Health provides the respiratory virus &quot;RSV&quot; vaccine</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%... | Saudi camels roam Paris... What&#39;s the story?</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><hr /><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Sources:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://arabic.rt.com/health/1557661-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A...