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With a yet undefined proportion of individuals suffering from long-term health problems following an acute COVID-19 infection, various studies have investigated post-acute COVID syndrome with a view to characterising the associated health sequalae. Despite this growing literature, the evidence in children and adolescents remains limited. In this issue of PLOS Medicine, Martin Roessler and colleagues present findings from a matched cohort study, including data from more than 145,000 adults and approximately 12,000 children and adolescents. They observed increased rates of newly diagnosed physical and mental health problems in individuals with a prior PCR confirmed diagnoses of COVID-19, compared to the control group, and these differed according to age. While children and adolescents appeared to be less affected than adults, these findings suggest that a broad spectrum of health problems may be relevant depending on age group.
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Citation: (2023) PLoS Medicine Issue Image | Vol. 19(11) January 2023. PLoS Med 19(11): ev19.i11. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pmed.v19.i11
Published: January 17, 2023
Copyright: © 2023 . This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
With a yet undefined proportion of individuals suffering from long-term health problems following an acute COVID-19 infection, various studies have investigated post-acute COVID syndrome with a view to characterising the associated health sequalae. Despite this growing literature, the evidence in children and adolescents remains limited. In this issue of PLOS Medicine, Martin Roessler and colleagues present findings from a matched cohort study, including data from more than 145,000 adults and approximately 12,000 children and adolescents. They observed increased rates of newly diagnosed physical and mental health problems in individuals with a prior PCR confirmed diagnoses of COVID-19, compared to the control group, and these differed according to age. While children and adolescents appeared to be less affected than adults, these findings suggest that a broad spectrum of health problems may be relevant depending on age group.
Image Credit: CDC, Unsplash