Persistent fatigue following SARS-CoV-2 infection is common and independent of severity of initial infection

Fatigue is a common symptom in those presenting with symptomatic COVID-19 infection. However, it is unknown if COVID-19 results in persistent fatigue in those recovered from acute infection. We examined the prevalence of fatigue in individuals recovered from the acute phase of COVID-19 illness using...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 15; no. 11; p. e0240784
Main Authors:	Townsend, Liam, Dyer, Adam H., Jones, Karen, Dunne, Jean, Mooney, Aoife, Gaffney, Fiona, O'Connor, Laura, Leavy, Deirdre, O'Brien, Kate, Dowds, Joanne, Sugrue, Jamie A., Hopkins, David, Martin-Loeches, Ignacio, Ni Cheallaigh, Cliona, Nadarajan, Parthiban, McLaughlin, Anne Marie, Bourke, Nollaig M., Bergin, Colm, O'Farrelly, Cliona, Bannan, Ciaran, Conlon, Niall
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 09.11.2020 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Adult Aged Bacterial infections Betacoronavirus - isolation & purification Biochemistry Biology and life sciences C-reactive protein Chronic fatigue syndrome Clinical medicine Complications and side effects Coronavirus Infections - complications Coronavirus Infections - pathology Coronavirus Infections - virology Coronaviruses COVID-19 Cytokines Epidemics Fatigue Fatigue - epidemiology Fatigue - etiology Female Gerontology Hospitals Humans Illnesses Immune response Immune system Immunology Infections Infectious diseases Inflammation Interleukin 6 Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha Subunit - blood Interleukin-6 - blood L-Lactate dehydrogenase Lactate dehydrogenase Lactic acid Leukocytes Lymphocytes Male Markers Medicine Medicine and Health Sciences Middle Aged Outpatient care facilities Oxygen Pandemics Pneumonia, Viral - complications Pneumonia, Viral - pathology Pneumonia, Viral - virology Prevalence Risk factors SARS-CoV-2 Severe acute respiratory syndrome Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Severity of Illness Index Supervision Townsend, Adam Viral diseases Ireland
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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