Database fills gap in long COVID surveillance

by University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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Add as preferred source During the pandemic, surveillance systems tracked COVID-19 cases, emergency department visits, hospitalizations and deaths. No similarly comprehensive surveillance system exists for Long COVID. Credit: UTHealth Houston UTHealth Houston researchers found that long COVID diagnoses varied significantly across populations and variant periods over two years, revealing patterns that could help public health agencies and health systems target follow-up care, monitor long-term effects and allocate health care resources where they're needed most.

The analysis was published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases .