> Both SARS-CoV-2 and non-COVID-19 acute respiratory infections are associated with a wide range of symptoms more than 4 weeks after the acute infection<

In other words, long Covid is a thing, but is not completely unique to Covid.

"Long-term symptom profiles after COVID-19 vs other acute respiratory infections: an analysis of data from the COVIDENCE UK study"

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https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(23)00428-5/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_aip_email#%20

Interesting: *Vaginal Microbiota Transplantation (VMT)*

We're probably going to start seeing a lot more of this as we appreciate how microbiomes of different organs impact health and disease.

Personally the key is to have clinical measures of success, as here, not just measuring % of different species changing.
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https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(23)00247-X/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_aip_email

Brazil develops the first vaccine against schistosomiasis, the disease of swollen bellies

The researchers are waiting for the WHO to approve the treatment, which is the first in the world to protect against a worm that infects 200 million people a year

JUN 14, 2023

https://english.elpais.com/society/2023-06-14/brazil-develops-the-first-vaccine-against-schistosomiasis-the-disease-of-swollen-bellies.html

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Brazil develops the first vaccine against schistosomiasis, the disease of swollen bellies

^{Joan Royo Gual (Ediciones EL PAÍS S.L.)}