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— 05 August 2024 —

Long Covid defined

Pandemics

Long Covid is an infection-associated chronic condition that occurs after SARS-CoV-2 infection and is present for at least 3 months as a continuous, relapsing and remitting, or progressive disease state that affects one or more organ systems.

E. Wesley Ely, M.D., M.P.H., et al.

Read full article by Dr. Ely, et al in The New England Journal of Medicine

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