Rogue antibodies may cause some long COVID symptoms
Transferring antibodies from patients to mice can reproduce certain neurological issues
![A woman with long COVID rests against a white wall in a stairwell. She is wearing glasses and a white mask.](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/070924_mr_longcovid-antibodies_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Some of the neurological symptoms of long COVID, including pain and dizziness, could be due to autoantibodies that attack people’s tissues. Here, a woman with the disease rests after walking up a flight of stairs.
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