Reduced incidence of Long COVID referrals to the Cambridge University Teaching Hospital Long COVID clinic.
Benjamin A KrishnaMarina MetaxakiMark R WillsNyaradzai SitholePublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2022)
Long COVID (LC) constitutes a potential health emergency as millions of SARS-CoV-2 infections lead to chronic symptoms. We must understand whether vaccines reduce LC as this has major implications for health policy. We report a 79% reduction in LC referrals correlating with reinfections and vaccination in the UK.
Keyphrases
- sars cov
- public health
- coronavirus disease
- healthcare
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- mental health
- simultaneous determination
- mass spectrometry
- emergency department
- primary care
- human health
- liquid chromatography
- risk assessment
- social media
- cross sectional
- health promotion
- physical activity
- solid phase extraction