Long COVID science, research and policy

Z Al-Aly, H Davis, L McCorkell, L Soares… - Nature medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Long COVID represents the constellation of post-acute and long-term health effects caused
by SARS-CoV-2 infection; it is a complex, multisystem disorder that can affect nearly every …

Long COVID: a clinical update

T Greenhalgh, M Sivan, A Perlowski, JŽ Nikolich - The Lancet, 2024 - thelancet.com
Summary Post-COVID-19 condition (also known as long COVID) is generally defined as
symptoms persisting for 3 months or more after acute COVID-19. Long COVID can affect …

Tissue-based T cell activation and viral RNA persist for up to 2 years after SARS-CoV-2 infection

MJ Peluso, D Ryder, RR Flavell, Y Wang… - Science translational …, 2024 - science.org
The mechanisms of postacute medical conditions and unexplained symptoms after SARS-
CoV-2 infection [Long Covid (LC)] are incompletely understood. There is growing evidence …

Blood–brain barrier disruption and sustained systemic inflammation in individuals with long COVID-associated cognitive impairment

C Greene, R Connolly, D Brennan, A Laffan… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Vascular disruption has been implicated in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
pathogenesis and may predispose to the neurological sequelae associated with long …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of long COVID and the path toward therapeutics

MJ Peluso, SG Deeks - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Long COVID, a type of post-acute sequelae of severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)(PASC) defined by medically unexplained symptoms following …

Infection and chronic disease activate a systemic brain-muscle signaling axis

S Yang, M Tian, Y Dai, R Wang, S Yamada… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Infections and neurodegenerative diseases induce neuroinflammation, but affected
individuals often show nonneural symptoms including muscle pain and muscle fatigue. The …

Persistent SARS-CoV-2 infection: significance and implications

HM Machkovech, AM Hahn, JG Wang… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2024 - thelancet.com
SARS-CoV-2 causes persistent infections in a subset of individuals, which is a major clinical
and public health problem that should be prioritised for further investigation for several …

An aberrant immune–epithelial progenitor niche drives viral lung sequelae

H Narasimhan, IS Cheon, W Qian, SS Hu, T Parimon… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The long-term physiological consequences of respiratory viral infections, particularly in the
aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic—termed post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC) …

SARS-CoV-2 S1 subunit produces a protracted priming of the neuroinflammatory, physiological, and behavioral responses to a remote immune challenge: A role for …

MG Frank, JB Ball, S Hopkins, T Kelley… - Brain, Behavior, and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Long COVID is a major public health consequence of COVID-19 and is characterized by
multiple neurological and neuropsychatric symptoms. SARS-CoV-2 antigens (eg, spike S1 …

Emerging SARS-CoV-2 resistance after antiviral treatment

TJ Tamura, MC Choudhary, R Deo, F Yousuf… - JAMA Network …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Previous studies have identified mutations in SARS-CoV-2 strains that confer
resistance to nirmatrelvir, yet how often this resistance arises and its association with …