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Long-Term Symptoms among COVID-19 Survivors in Prospective Cohort Study, Brazil

Authors :
Lívia P. Bonifácio
Viviane N.F. Csizmar
Francisco Barbosa-Júnior
Ana P.S. Pereira
Marcel Koenigkam-Santos
Danilo T. Wada
Gilberto G. Gaspar
Felipe S. Carvalho
Valdes R. Bollela
Rodrigo C. Santana
João P. Souza
Fernando Bellissimo-Rodrigues
Source :
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 28, Iss 3, Pp 730-733 (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2022.

Abstract

We conducted a prospective cohort study in a population with diverse ethnic backgrounds from Brazil to assess clinically meaningful symptoms after surviving coronavirus disease. For most of the 175 patients in the study, clinically meaningful symptoms, including fatigue, dyspnea, cough, headache, and muscle weakness, persisted for >120 days after disease onset.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10806040 and 10806059
Volume :
28
Issue :
3
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.1ef98c3afd34e4db4830b27f4fefca8
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2803.212020