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Rates of infection with other pathogens after a positive COVID-19 test versus a negative test in US veterans November, 2021, to December, 2023: a retrospective cohort study Miao Cai; Evan Xu; Yan Xie; Ziyad Al-Aly BACKGROUND SARS-CoV-2 infection leads to post-acute sequelae that can affect...

Influential studies from the VA St. Louis take a broad view of long Covid. Not every expert agrees with the approach. https://undark.org/2024/07/25/long-covid-clash-of-definition-study-design/

Abstract BACKGROUND Postacute sequelae of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection (PASC) can affect many organ systems. However, temporal changes during the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, including the evolution of SARS-CoV-2, may have affected the...

Three-year outcomes of post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 Cai, Miao; Xie, Yan; Topol, Eric J.; Al-Aly, Ziyad Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection causes post-acute sequelae of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) (PASC) in many organ systems. Risks of these...

Long Covid and Impaired Cognition — More Evidence and More Work to Do https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe2400189 The cardinal features of long Covid include fatigue, dysautonomia (or postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome), postexertional malaise, and cognitive difficulties that are...

quotes: The pandemic has laid bare a blind spot in epidemiology and surveillance data systems for infectious diseases. Nearly all surveillance data systems are built on the archaic, and now obsolete, notion that accounting for cases, hospitalization, and death in the acute phase is sufficient...