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

Townsend, Liam; H. Dyer, Adam; Jones, Karen; Dunne, Jean; Mooney, Aoife; Gaffney, Fiona; O’Connor, Laura; Leavy, Deirdre; O’Brien, Kate; Dowds, Joanne; Sugrue, Jamie; Hopkins, David; Martín‐Loeches, Ignacio; Ní Cheallaigh, Clíona; Nadarajan, Parthiban; Marie McLaughlin, Anne; M. Bourke, Nollaig; Bergin, Colm; O’Farrelly, Cliona; Bannan, Ciarán; Conlon, Niall

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0240784

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

Published in PLoS ONE • Nov 9, 2020

Authors:

Liam Townsend

Adam H. Dyer

Karen Jones

Abstract

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...

Subject

Medicine

Severity of illness

Internal medicine

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