Persistent Pathogen Burden as a Candidate Aging Accelerator (Long COVID and Latent Herpesvirus Reservoirs as Strongest Anchors)

Persistent viral reservoirs are an active area of research as possible contributors to long-term inflammation and aging trajectories, with the strongest current evidence from long-COVID cohorts and the landmark EBV-multiple-sclerosis study; therapeutic implications remain to be e

Type

evidence-claim

Domain

h11_chronic_inflammation

Grade

C+

License

CC BY-NC 4.0

card_id

L-011

hallmarks

h11_chronic_inflammation,h10_altered_intercellular_communication

cluster

science_layer

primary_disease_area

longevity_general

evidence_tier

C+

evidence_anchor_count

4

intake_round

R23

intake_date

2026-05-26

related_experts

related_biomarkers

related_interventions

related_trials

collection_pages

/research/hallmarks/h11-chronic-inflammation,/research/proposed-hallmarks/persistent-pathogen-burden

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