For people in the acute phase of infection, who are symptomatic, they seem to be adequate.

This was predictable - but we do not have enough beds to look after them in the acute phase and certainly not in the longer term as social carers.

The presence or increased concentrations of acute phase proteins, particularly fibrinogen, results in enhanced erythrocyte aggregation.

The acute phase lasts for the first few weeks or months of infection.

If symptoms develop during the acute phase, they usually resolve spontaneously within three to eight weeks in approximately 90% of individuals.