Acute SARS-CoV-2 viral load and systemic inflammation are associated with neuropsychiatric and musculoskeletal symptoms in long COVID

• Uzair Abbas ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: uzair.abbas@duhs.edu.pk

  Affiliation Department of Physiology, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0517-247X

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• Rabeel Nawaz Laghari,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Indus Medical College Hospital, Tando Mohammad Khan, Pakistan

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• Ishfaque Ahmed,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sindh Infectious Diseases Hospital and Research Center, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

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• Usama Abdul Musawwir,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Physiology, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

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• Hina Riaz,

  Roles Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Physiology, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

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• Khadija Anwar,

  Roles Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dow International Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

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• Niaz Hussain,

  Roles Data curation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bilawal Medical College, Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences, Jamshoro, Pakistan

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• Muhammad Mubeen,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dow International Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

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• Mahtab Khan,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dow International Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

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• Muhib Ullah Khalid,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dow International Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

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• Shizrah Ashraf

  Roles Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Fauji Foundation Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

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