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Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials: Long COVID clinical evaluation, research and impact on society: a global expert consensus
ABSTRACT Background Long COVID is a complex, heterogeneous syndrome affecting over four hundred million people globally. There are few recommendations, and no formal training exists for medical professionals to assist with clinical evaluation and management of patients with Long COVID. More research into the pathology, cellular, and molecular mechanisms of Long COVID, and treatments is needed. The goal of this work is to disseminate essential information about Long COVID and recommendations about definitio...
Apr 20, 2025
BMC Public Health: Follow-up of long COVID based on the definition of WHO: a multi-centre cross-sectional questionnaire-based study
ABSTRACT Background Since long COVID has hindered people from normal life, it is essential to understand its full spectrum of manifestation. However, it was heterogeneous in the existing studies and few large-scale studies have been conducted on Asian populations. Here, we conducted a multi-centre questionnaire-based study among Chinese people to explore the long COVID based on the definition of WHO. Methods During March 20, 2023 and June 18, 2023, individuals with a history of confirmed or self-reported...
Apr 15, 2025
BMJ Global Health: Long COVID prevalence and risk factors in adults residing in middle- and high-income countries: secondary analysis of the multinational Anti-Coronavirus Therapies (ACT) trials
ABSTRACT Background During the recent COVID-19 pandemic, reports of long-term persistence or recurrence of symptoms after SARS-CoV-2 infection emerged, which are now collectively referred to as ‘long COVID’. Most descriptions of long COVID originate from patients residing in high-income countries. We set out to characterise long COVID in a large-scale clinical trial that was conducted in low-middle, high-middle and high-income countries. Methods The Anti-Coronavirus Therapies trials enrolled 6528 adult pat...
Apr 14, 2025
Emerging Microbes & Infections: Eurasian 1C swine influenza A virus exhibits high pandemic risk traits
ABSTRACT Recent surveillance has identified an expansion of swine H1 1C influenza viruses in Eurasian swine. Since 2010, at least twenty-one spillover events of 1C virus into humans have been detected and three of these occurred from July to December of 2023. Pandemic risk assessment of H1 1C influenza virus revealed that individuals born after 1950 had limited cross-reactive antibodies, confirming that they are antigenically novel viruses. The 1C virus exhibited phenotypic signatures similar to the 2009 pa...
Apr 10, 2025
Journal of Aerosol Science: SARS-CoV-2 airborne detection within different departments of a COVID-19 hospital building and evaluation of air cleaners in air viral load reduction
ABSTRACT The pandemic of COVID-19 has brought in light the necessity for the development of novel detection methods for airborne transmitted pathogens, and the importance of effective clean air measures in hospital departments. In this study, airborne SARS-CoV-2 and particle matter (PM1, PM2.5) detection was performed in different areas of the COVID-19 building at the Ippokrateio University Hospital in Thessaloniki, Greece. More specifically, Sioutas cascade impactors were placed in the ICU (Intensive Care ...
Apr 9, 2025