What if one of the allies in fighting the Covid-19 epidemic was nothing but … the common cold? According to researchers at the University of Glasgow, the rhinovirus, which increases in circulation in the winter, is stronger than the SARS-Covid-19 virus, when both are present in the body at the same time for a sick person.
Scholars whose work has been published in The Journal of Infectious DiseasesHe made several observations based on various scenarios. The first consists of injecting replicas of respiratory cells with the common cold virus, and 24 hours after the Covid-19 injection. The result: Sars-Cov-2 failed to reproduce in the body, which was prevented by the rhinovirus, which was already beginning to develop.
Then the researchers repeated the experiment the other way around, first injecting the virus that causes Covid-19, then the common cold. The result was similar: a sharp decrease in Sars-Cov-2 recurrence was observed after infection with the rhinovirus. “The Cov-2 virus is never released, it is severely prevented by the rhinovirus”Dr. Murcia, one of the study’s authors, comments on BBC News. “The large spread of rhinoviruses could stop further SARS-Cove-2 infections.”
For the scientists who did this study, “Increased spread of rhinoviruses” Among the population it can lead to “Decrease in the number of new cases of Covid-19”, Even if the frequency of colds, such as gastroenteritis or tonsillitis, is much lower during this epidemic thanks to barrier gestures (see the video at the top of this article). Our best allies aren’t always the most that we expect …
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