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. 2021 Nov 1;7(4):00384-2021.
doi: 10.1183/23120541.00384-2021. eCollection 2021 Oct.

Limited recovery from post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 at 8 months in a prospective cohort

David Ross Darley  1   2 , Gregory John Dore  3   4 , Anthony Luke Byrne  1   2 , Marshall Lawrence Plit  1   2 , Bruce James Brew  2   5 , Anthony Kelleher  4   6 , Gail Veronica Matthews  3   4
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Limited recovery from post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 at 8 months in a prospective cohort

David Ross Darley et al. ERJ Open Res. .

Abstract

In a longitudinal cohort, a significant proportion of patients had persistent symptoms 8 months after initial #COVID19 infection. There was no significant improvement in symptoms or health-related quality of life between 4- and 8-month assessments. https://bit.ly/2Wtb7IX.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: D.R. Darley has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: G.J. Dore reports grants from Gilead, Abbvie, Merck and Bristol-Myers Squibb, personal fees from Gilead, Abbvie and Merck, and nonfinancial support from Gilead, Abbvie and Merck, outside the submitted work. Conflict of interest: A.L. Byrne has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: M.L. Plit has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: B.J. Brew reports grants from St Vincent's Clinic during the conduct of the study; and personal fees from AbbVie, Janssen and Viiv, and grants from Biogen, outside the submitted work. Conflict of interest: A. Kelleher has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: G.V. Matthews has nothing to disclose.

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FIGURE 1
Proportion of patients with symptoms at acute coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection compared with 4 months and 8 months after assessment (n=66).
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