✔️Tissue samples analyzed from 225 patients recovered from mild COVID-19

✔️SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA was distributed across ten distinct solid tissues, plasma, and blood cells up to 4 months after infection.

✔️Detection of viral RNA, and higher virus copy numbers, were significantly associated with long COVID.

Zhou W, He Q, Liang C, et al. “The persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in tissues and its association with long COVID symptoms: a cross-sectional cohort study in China.” Lancet Infect Dis. 2024; Online Apr…