In certain patients, according to a flurry of recent studies, the virus appears to make the immune system go haywire. Plenty of other viruses, including those that cause AIDS and herpes, have evolved tricks to elude the immune system. People with moderate cases of COVID-19 take what seems like the most sensible approach, concentrating on type 1 responses, Iwasaki’s team found. “As far as we know, there is no parasite involved.”It’s almost as if the immune system is struggling to “pick a lane,” Wherry said. The same goes for treatments intended to shore up the initial immune response against the coronavirus, like interferon-based therapies, Blish said.

Source: bd News24 August 04, 2020 19:41 UTC