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Long COVID across SARS-CoV-2 variants, lineages, and sublineages.

Sergio Padilla, Christian Ledesma, Javier García-Abellán, José Alberto García, Marta Fernández-González, Alba de la Rica, Antonio Galiana, Félix Gutiérrez, Mar Masiá

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Article in iScience, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed.

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  14. Age-Related Changes in the Clinical Picture of Long COVID.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2025
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  15. Long COVID-19: A Concept Analysis.Infectious disease reports · 2025
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  19. Living with Long COVID in a Southern State: A Comparison of Black and White Residents of North Carolina.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Sergio PadillaInfectious Diseases Unit, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Alicante, Spain.
Christian LedesmaInfectious Diseases Unit, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Alicante, Spain.
Javier García-AbellánInfectious Diseases Unit, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Alicante, Spain.
José Alberto GarcíaInfectious Diseases Unit, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Alicante, Spain.
Marta Fernández-GonzálezInfectious Diseases Unit, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Alicante, Spain.
Alba de la RicaMicrobiology Service, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Alicante, Spain.
Antonio GalianaMicrobiology Service, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Alicante, Spain.
Félix GutiérrezInfectious Diseases Unit, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Alicante, Spain.
Mar MasiáInfectious Diseases Unit, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Alicante, Spain.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This prospective study aimed to determine the prevalence of long COVID in patients hospitalized for SARS-CoV-2 infection from March 2020 to July 2022 and assess the impact of different viral lineages. A total of 2,524 patients were followed up for 12 months, with persistent symptoms reported in 35.2% at one month, decreasing thereafter. Omicron variant patients initially showed higher symptom intensity, but this trend diminished over time. Certain viral lineages, notably Delta lineages AY.126 and AY.43, and Omicron sublineages BA.1.17, BA.2.56, and BA.5.1, consistently correlated with more severe symptoms. Overall, long COVID prevalence and severity were similar across SARS-CoV-2 variants. Specific lineages may influence post-COVID sequelae persistence and severity.

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Biological sciencesMicrobial genomicsMicrobiologyVirology

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PMID38585665
PMCPMC10995878

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