Long COVID as An Infection-Associated Chronic Condition: Implications.

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• Alternative Title:
  American Journal of Health Promotion : AJHP, 2025, v. 39, no. 6: Long COVID as An Infection-Associated Chronic Condition: Implications.
• Journal Article:
  American Journal of Health Promotion : AJHP
• Personal Author:
  Unger, Elizabeth R.
• Description:
  A link between infection and chronic illness has been recognized, along with the complexities of interactions between pathogen, environment, host genetics, route of exposure, and timing of outcomes. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought this issue to the forefront and Long COVID is recognized to be an infection associated chronic condition. However, given the wide range of Long COVID presentations, the singular expression gives a false sense of simplicity. Long COVID is best considered as a group of infection associated conditions requiring developing research studies and treatment trials that address the inherent heterogeneity.
• Content Notes:
  Author manuscript
• Subjects:
  • Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome
• Keywords:
  • Long COVID
  • COVID-19
  • infection-associated chronic condition
  • myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)
  • post-treatment Lyme disease
  • dysautonomias
  • chronic disease
  • post-viral syndrome
  • infection-associated chronic illness
• Source:
  American Journal of Health Promotion : AJHP, 2025, v. 39, no. 6
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1177/08901171241308066b
• ISSN:
  0890-1171 ; 2168-6602
• Pubmed ID:
  40485158
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC12421693
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Pages in Document:
  960-965 (10 pdf pages)
• Volume:
  39
• Issue:
  6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/261345/cdc_261345_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 173.22 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f304a3884bd550cf7e5f1ea72506874433657ff7ea99fc09370282c2b337f4ee5b5c07ede7da9231930cf444e9e2e9e82a65b5c3e5e95ea906c386bc5bc1dfac