Genetic association between LONG COVID and TMPRSS2 polymorphisms (rs12329760 and rs2070788) in Brazilian healthcare professionals
Alysson Fellipe Costa Telles, Bearli Souza Menezes Junior, Cliomar Alves dos Santos, Ludmila Oliveira Carvalho Sena, Maria Rosa Melo Alves, Maria Luiza Aguiar Martins Moraes, Rosana Cipolotti · 2026
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Alysson Fellipe Costa Telles led a 2026 gene study on long COVID in Brazilian health workers. Long COVID has many causes, and gene variants in a virus entry helper gene may shape risk. Two variants were tested against illness reports in a self report survey with mouth cell gene checks.
Workers totaled 363 in number from mixed clinic roles. For long COVID overall, only clinical traits such as symptom load and severity mattered. For brain fog, the top named symptom, women and young adults were most at risk, and one variant showed a link in select models. The other variant showed no link. Case control work must clarify the fog link.
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| CREATOR | Alysson Fellipe Costa Telles, Bearli Souza Menezes Junior, Cliomar Alves dos Santos, Ludmila Oliveira Carvalho Sena, Maria Rosa Melo Alves, Maria Luiza Aguiar Martins Moraes, Rosana Cipolotti |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 29760 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |