Acute serum protein biomarker profile and prevalence of persistent (>6 months) neuropsychiatric symptoms in a cohort of SARS-CoV-2 PCR positive patients in Cape Town, South Africa
The high prevalence of persistent neuropsychiatric symptoms in this African cohort supports ongoing attention to long COVID. Acute and early serum protein biomarkers were not associated with persistent neuropsychiatric outcomes post-COVD-19.
Authors
- Sonwabile Dzanibe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5738-8438)
- Jonny Peter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2658-0723)
- Inette van Niekerk
- Cascia Day (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8090-3861)
- Lovemore Mapahla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0146-3299)
- Monica Panieri
- Dan Joseph Stein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7218-7810)
- Thomas Müller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0959-3653)
Institutions
- South African Medical Research Council (ZA)
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- Stellenbosch University (ZA)
- South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative (ZA)
- Africa University (ZW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health
- Published
- 2025-04-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2025.100990
- Primary Topic
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- South African Medical Research Council