July 3, 2024- “Team famous for HIV breakthroughs demonstrates both persistent COVID virus and widespread immune activation in long COVID” “SARS-CoV-2 double-stranded RNA indicative of viral replication was found in long COVID gut tissue up to 676 days post-infection” “T cell immune activation was documented across long COVID body sites including the spinal cord and gut wall” - https://polybio.org/chronic-virus-found-in-long-covid-gut-up-to-2-years-post-infection/