Is this why my ME Doc prefers PCR testing?
Here, elevated cytokine expression in response to HSV infection persisted even when viral antigens became undetectable and the #virus entered a latent state 
A latent virus that can’t be identified by routine testing can still impact the host immune response + drive symptomshttps://twitter.com/mbvanelzakker/status/1011051415509323776 …
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This goes well beyond PCR. I’m talking about the latest metagenomic technologies - even w/ them, what microbes are detected depends on the exact setup, associated pipleines/annotation platforms...also on how well one can separate microbial/human DNA/RNA when results obtained.
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I am assuming this is very expensive. Many gov and private healthcare insurers won't cover qualitative or quantitative PCR testing because of cost. So it will probably be a long time before this tech becomes standard clinical testing.
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Or perhaps abortive lytic replication, where half-formed viruses are unable to act like a virus but still drive the immune system crazy.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3498272/ …
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Viruses hide well and decide to attack when the immune system is down. Viruses are 10x more prevalent than any other organism on this snow globe
we’re all trapped on so choose to keep inflammation down via a healthy lifestyle as the most powerful tool to fight the virusesBedankt, Twitter gebruikt dit om je tijdlijn te verbeteren. Ongedaan makenOngedaan maken
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