Two-Year Longitudinal Study Reveals That Long COVID Symptoms Peak and Quality of Life Nadirs at 6-12 Months Postinfection.

Zoe O DemkoTong YuSarika K MullapudiM Gabriela Varela HeslinChamia A DorseyChristine B PaytonJeffrey A TornheimPaul W BlairShruti H MehtaDavid L ThomasYukari C ManabeAnnukka A R Antar

Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2024)

Long COVID occurs in a significant proportion of unvaccinated people, even if the acute illness was not severe. Long COVID prevalence peaked 6-12 months post-COVID-19, and a small proportion of participants still reported not returning to their pre-COVID-19 health status 24 months post-COVID-19.

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