Long COVID clinical evaluation, research and impact on society: a global expert consensus

Andrew G. Ewing, David Joffe, Svetlana Blitshteyn, Anna E. S. Brooks, Julien Wist, Yaneer Bar-Yam, Stephane Bilodeau, Jennifer Curtin, Rae Duncan, Mark Faghy, Leo Galland, Etheresia Pretorius, Spela Salamon, Danilo Buonsenso, Claire Hastie, Binita Kane, M. Asad Khan, Amos Lal, Dennis Lau, Raina MacIntyre, Sammie McFarland, Daniel Munblit, Jeremy Nicholson, Hanna M. Ollila, David Putrino, Alberto Rosario, Timothy Tan, Unknown, Lawrence B Afrin, Carlos Arturo, Nisreen Alwan, Sampath Kumar, Harashen Ashraf, Veronica Athie Morales, Philip Atkinson, Robert Axtell, Cipatli Ayuzo, Alba Azola, James Bagley, Sergio Bagnato, Amitava Banerjee, John Barry, Daniela Bassi-Dibai, Anne Bheréur, Gregory Bix, Jose-Ramon Blanco, Svetlana Blitshteyn, Hector Bonilla, Angela Bowers, Anna E.S. Brooks, Marie Bruyneel, Alexandra Brugler Yonts, Gunnar Bücker, Kathleen Capaccione, Harriet Carroll, Pascal Cathebras, Ashish Chaudhry, Bela Cheda, Karin Chia, Pratima Chowdary, Tae Hwan Chung, Leslie Conner, Caterina Conte, Caroline Dalton, Kara Darling, Helen Davies, Kate Davies, David Davies-Payne, Kevin Deans, Luis Orantes Del Carpio, Anne Doherty, Theresa Dowell, Raechel A Evans, Andrew Ewing, Emilia Liana Falcone, Bingwen Eugene Fan, Emily Fatakhov, Kelly Fearnley, Artur Fedorowski, Carlo Ferrarese, Francesco Ferraro, Gemma Figtree, Laurie Findlay, Alberto Fortini, Matteo Foschi, Francois Gagnon, Nick Gall, Natasha Gerbis, Gholamrezanezhad Ali, Amine Ghram, Andréa Lúcia da Silva Goncalves, Helen Goss, Stephanie Grach, Caroline Gregoire, Gary Groot, Riccardo Guanà, Eric Guedj, Merel Hellemons, Melanie Hoppers, Mohammad-Salar Hosseini, Lee Ingle, Linn Jarte, Leslie Kasza, David Kaufman, Sundeep Kaul, Douglas Kell, Daphne Kemp, Robin Kerr, Abbas Khushnood, SangYun Kim, Cheryl Koh, Nik Kudiersky, Katharina Kurz, Gonzalo Labarca, Francisco Landi, Jaco Laubscher, Joshua Leisk, Jacob Leone, Graham Lloyd-Jones, C Raina MacIntyre, Kushal Madan, Stuart Malcolm, Harsha Master, Gez Medinger, Yolanda Meije, Alexios-Fotios Mentis, Francisco Mera-Cordero, David Miller, Bethan Myers, Hiten Naik, Javaid Nauman, Josef Niebauer, Estefania Nova-Lamperti, Maria Olivier, Otieno Martin Ong’wen, Rebecca Owen, Kelly O’Brien, Stefano Pallanti, Roger Paredes, Tina Peers, Alice Perlowski, Colin Pidgeon, Julianne Pitzele, Chris Ponting, Anna Porter, Amy Proal, Milo Puhan, Shaun Peter Qureshi, Sunil Raina, Nandini Raj, Ashwin Rajenesh, Clare Rayner, Alfonso J Rodriguez-Morales, Luca Roncati, Cilla Rosen, Ilene Ruhoy, Leslie Rydberg, Špela Šalamon, Carmen Scheibenbogen, Sarah Schenck, Katharine Seagly, Jaffer Shah, Ben Sinclair, Ioakim Spyridopoulos, Warren Tate, Claire Taylor, Catherine Tewolde, Alain Thierry, Callum Thomas, Tracey Thompson, Irene Tosetti, Eleonora Trecca, Jordan Vaughn, Chantelle Venter, Amber Vermeesch, Joe Vipond, Guiulia Vivaldi, Maxine Waters, William Weir, Emma Weisblatt, May Wong, Rob Wüst, Azfar Zaman, James Zhang

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DOI: 10.1186/s12941-025-00793-9
Published: 2025-04-20
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@article{allodium:10.1186/s12941-025-00793-9,
  title = {Long COVID clinical evaluation, research and impact on society: a global expert consensus},
  author = {Andrew G. Ewing and David Joffe and Svetlana Blitshteyn and Anna E. S. Brooks and Julien Wist and Yaneer Bar-Yam and Stephane Bilodeau and Jennifer Curtin and Rae Duncan and Mark Faghy and Leo Galland and Etheresia Pretorius and Spela Salamon and Danilo Buonsenso and Claire Hastie and Binita Kane and M. Asad Khan and Amos Lal and Dennis Lau and Raina MacIntyre and Sammie McFarland and Daniel Munblit and Jeremy Nicholson and Hanna M. Ollila and David Putrino and Alberto Rosario and Timothy Tan and Unknown and Lawrence B Afrin and Carlos Arturo and Nisreen Alwan and Sampath Kumar and Harashen Ashraf and Veronica Athie Morales and Philip Atkinson and Robert Axtell and Cipatli Ayuzo and Alba Azola and James Bagley and Sergio Bagnato and Amitava Banerjee and John Barry and Daniela Bassi-Dibai and Anne Bheréur and Gregory Bix and Jose-Ramon Blanco and Svetlana Blitshteyn and Hector Bonilla and Angela Bowers and Anna E.S. Brooks and Marie Bruyneel and Alexandra Brugler Yonts and Gunnar Bücker and Kathleen Capaccione and Harriet Carroll and Pascal Cathebras and Ashish Chaudhry and Bela Cheda and Karin Chia and Pratima Chowdary and Tae Hwan Chung and Leslie Conner and Caterina Conte and Caroline Dalton and Kara Darling and Helen Davies and Kate Davies and David Davies-Payne and Kevin Deans and Luis Orantes Del Carpio and Anne Doherty and Theresa Dowell and Raechel A Evans and Andrew Ewing and Emilia Liana Falcone and Bingwen Eugene Fan and Emily Fatakhov and Kelly Fearnley and Artur Fedorowski and Carlo Ferrarese and Francesco Ferraro and Gemma Figtree and Laurie Findlay and Alberto Fortini and Matteo Foschi and Francois Gagnon and Nick Gall and Natasha Gerbis and Gholamrezanezhad Ali and Amine Ghram and Andréa Lúcia da Silva Goncalves and Helen Goss and Stephanie Grach and Caroline Gregoire and Gary Groot and Riccardo Guanà and Eric Guedj and Merel Hellemons and Melanie Hoppers and Mohammad-Salar Hosseini and Lee Ingle and Linn Jarte and Leslie Kasza and David Kaufman and Sundeep Kaul and Douglas Kell and Daphne Kemp and Robin Kerr and Abbas Khushnood and SangYun Kim and Cheryl Koh and Nik Kudiersky and Katharina Kurz and Gonzalo Labarca and Francisco Landi and Jaco Laubscher and Joshua Leisk and Jacob Leone and Graham Lloyd-Jones and C Raina MacIntyre and Kushal Madan and Stuart Malcolm and Harsha Master and Gez Medinger and Yolanda Meije and Alexios-Fotios Mentis and Francisco Mera-Cordero and David Miller and Bethan Myers and Hiten Naik and Javaid Nauman and Josef Niebauer and Estefania Nova-Lamperti and Maria Olivier and Otieno Martin Ong’wen and Rebecca Owen and Kelly O’Brien and Stefano Pallanti and Roger Paredes and Tina Peers and Alice Perlowski and Colin Pidgeon and Julianne Pitzele and Chris Ponting and Anna Porter and Amy Proal and Milo Puhan and Shaun Peter Qureshi and Sunil Raina and Nandini Raj and Ashwin Rajenesh and Clare Rayner and Alfonso J Rodriguez-Morales and Luca Roncati and Cilla Rosen and Ilene Ruhoy and Leslie Rydberg and Špela Šalamon and Carmen Scheibenbogen and Sarah Schenck and Katharine Seagly and Jaffer Shah and Ben Sinclair and Ioakim Spyridopoulos and Warren Tate and Claire Taylor and Catherine Tewolde and Alain Thierry and Callum Thomas and Tracey Thompson and Irene Tosetti and Eleonora Trecca and Jordan Vaughn and Chantelle Venter and Amber Vermeesch and Joe Vipond and Guiulia Vivaldi and Maxine Waters and William Weir and Emma Weisblatt and May Wong and Rob Wüst and Azfar Zaman and James Zhang},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials},
  doi = {10.1186/s12941-025-00793-9},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s12941-025-00793-9}
}

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