'It's a question that's got a lot of people scratching their heads; why was I the last one standing? What's special about me?'
James Cruickshank and Steph Grant isolated at home after Mr Cruickshank contracted COVID-19. Somehow, Ms Grant remained negative.As COVID-19 cases continue across the globe, an intriguing phenomenon has emerged, including in Australia.Some people have been able to dodge the disease despite close exposure to infected cases, including isolating at home with family members and friends who are unwell.
Dr Bryant is involved in the 'First Few X' project, which is studying the spread of COVID-19 within Australian households. It is well known that factors like age, gender, and the presence of other medical complications can influence whether a person is likely to contract an infectious disease. Stuart Tangye has been researching genetic factors that can make a person more susceptible to Covid infection."There was clearly a subset - small, rare - but there was a subset of individuals who were otherwise healthy and who developed very serious infections, life-threatening infections," he said.
"There's over 400 genes which, if they don't work properly, can result in what we call an inborn error of immunity - or a disease which presents clinically as a recurrent, or severe, or adverse reaction to viral infections or some vaccines," he said.'From Wonder Woman to nothing': The reality of having long COVID
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