APRIL 29, 2024

Long COVID No Different From Other Post-Viral Syndromes 1 Year After Infection

By IDSE News Staff

Long COVID appears to manifest as a post-viral syndrome indistinguishable from other respiratory illnesses, including seasonal influenza, with no evidence of increased moderate to severe functional limitations one year after infection, according to new research presented at the 2024 ESCMID Global Congress (formerly ECCMID), in Barcelona, Spain (poster 327).

The study by Queensland Health researchers suggests that in the highly vaccinated population of Queensland, Australia,