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ArticleOxford open immunology2025

Long COVID: a long road ahead.

Svetlana Blitshteyn

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Article in Oxford open immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Svetlana BlitshteynDepartment of Neurology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3982-2031

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic caused an estimated 400 million people worldwide to experience Long COVID and post-COVID complications leading to significant chronic illness and disability with its devastating physical, societal and economic consequences. Since post-acute infectious syndromes have not been given adequate consideration prior to the pandemic, many millions of people with Long COVID worldwide have been left disabled as currently available therapies are largely symptomatic and only partially effective. A case of a previously healthy woman with Long COVID and post-COVID autonomic dysfunction and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is presented here from the perspective of a physician-patient relationship and a broader context of medical care and public health. Immunologic and autonomic mechanistic factors and therapies as these relate to Long COVID are highlighted. Complexities and issues pertaining to patient care, public health and education of neurologists and other specialists regarding Long COVID, dysautonomia and ME/CFS diagnosis and treatment are discussed, in conjunction with the need to develop and diversify effective therapies for people living with these highly disabling conditions.

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autonomic dysfunctionbrain healthchronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitisdysautonomiaLong COVIDneurologypublic health

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PMID41426345
PMCPMC12718103

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