March 9, 2021

Persistence of Symptoms up to 10 Months Following Acute COVID-19 Illness

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting

Keywords (Tags): clinical characteristics, sequelae

• [Pre-print, not peer-reviewed] Among US individuals with a history of symptomatic COVID-19 (n=6,211) participating in a 10-wave survey between June 2020 to January 2021, 80% reported recovering within less than 2 months and 8% reported experiencing symptoms for 2 months or more. 3% and 2% reported being symptomatic for ≥4 months and ≥6 months, respectively. Older age and presence of headache were associated with greater likelihood of persistent symptoms, while fever was associated with lower likelihood.

Perlis et al. (Mar 8, 2021). Persistence of Symptoms up to 10 Months Following Acute COVID-19 Illness. Pre-print downloaded Mar 9 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.03.07.21253072