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ArticleGlobal health & medicine2022

Long-term sequelae of different COVID-19 variants: The original strain versus the Omicron variant.

Xuejiao Liao, Yuan Guan, Qibin Liao, Zhenghua Ma, Liping Zhang, Jingke Dong, Xiaojuan Lai, Guoqin Zheng, Sumei Yang, Cheng Wang and 4 more

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Article in Global health & medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Xuejiao LiaoInstitute for Hepatology, Bio-therapeutic Center, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Disease, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital; The Second Hospital Affiliated with the School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Yuan GuanInstitute for Hepatology, Bio-therapeutic Center, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Disease, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital; The Second Hospital Affiliated with the School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Qibin LiaoInstitute for Hepatology, Bio-therapeutic Center, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Disease, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital; The Second Hospital Affiliated with the School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Zhenghua MaInstitute for Hepatology, Bio-therapeutic Center, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Disease, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital; The Second Hospital Affiliated with the School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Liping ZhangInstitute for Hepatology, Bio-therapeutic Center, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Disease, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital; The Second Hospital Affiliated with the School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Jingke DongInstitute for Hepatology, Bio-therapeutic Center, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Disease, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital; The Second Hospital Affiliated with the School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Xiaojuan LaiInstitute for Hepatology, Bio-therapeutic Center, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Disease, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital; The Second Hospital Affiliated with the School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Guoqin ZhengInstitute for Hepatology, Bio-therapeutic Center, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Disease, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital; The Second Hospital Affiliated with the School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Sumei YangInstitute for Hepatology, Bio-therapeutic Center, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Disease, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital; The Second Hospital Affiliated with the School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Cheng WangInstitute for Hepatology, Bio-therapeutic Center, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Disease, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital; The Second Hospital Affiliated with the School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Zhonghui LiaoInstitute for Hepatology, Bio-therapeutic Center, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Disease, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital; The Second Hospital Affiliated with the School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Shuo SongInstitute for Hepatology, Bio-therapeutic Center, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Disease, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital; The Second Hospital Affiliated with the School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Hongyang YiInstitute for Hepatology, Bio-therapeutic Center, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Disease, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital; The Second Hospital Affiliated with the School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Hongzhou LuInstitute for Hepatology, Bio-therapeutic Center, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Disease, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital; The Second Hospital Affiliated with the School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Shenzhen Third People’s Hospital · CNNational Clinical Research · USBengbu Medical College · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although Omicron appears to cause less severe acute illness than the original strain, the potential for large numbers of patients to experience long COVID is a major concern. Little is known about the recovery phase in cases of Omicron, highlighting the importance of dynamically monitor long COVID in those patients. Subjects of the current study were patients available for a three-month follow-up who were admitted from January 13 to May 22, 2020 (period of the original strain) and from January 1 to May 30, 2022 (period of Omicron). Twenty-eight-point-four percent of patients infected with the original strain had long-term symptoms of COVID-19 and 5.63% of those infected with the Omicron strain had such symptoms. The most common symptom was a cough (18.5%), followed by tightness in the chest (6.5%), in patients infected with the original strain. Fatigue (2.4%) and dyspnea (1.7%) were the most commonly reported symptoms in patients infected with the Omicron strain. The respiratory system is the primary target of SARSCoV-2. Supportive treatment is the basis for the treatment of respiratory symptoms in patients with COVID-19. Quality sleep and good nutrition may alleviate fatigue and mental issues. Further knowledge about a long-term syndrome due to Omicron needs to be discussed and assembled so that healthcare and workforce planners can rapidly obtain information to appropriately allocate resources.

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long COVIDlong-term sequelaeOmicron variantSARS-CoV-2

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PMID36589219
PMCPMC9773225
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