FYI, not necessarily permanent damage:<p>> The effects were more pronounced in older people and those hospitalised by the disease, but still evident in others whose infections were mild or asymptomatic, the research suggested, which was published in the journal Nature.<p>> Further scans are needed to determine whether these brain changes are permanent or partially reversible.<p>> “The brain is plastic, which means that it can re-organise and heal itself to some extent, even in older people,” said Prof Gwenaëlle Douaud at the University of Oxford.