Opinion Infection-associated chronic conditions: Why Long Covid is our best chance to untangle Osler’s web, 2024, Peluso, Hanson, Deeks

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Infection-associated chronic conditions: Why Long Covid is our best chance to untangle Osler’s web
Michael J. Peluso; Maureen R. Hanson; Steven G. Deeks

The recognition of Long Covid has renewed efforts to understand other infection-associated chronic conditions (IACCs). Here, we describe how studies of Long Covid and other IACCs might inform one another. We argue for the importance of a coordinated research agenda addressing these debilitating illnesses.

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It sure was. And yet here we are.

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