Long COVID and the Military: A Current Research Landscape, Knowledge Gaps, and Future Directions
Considerable research has been conducted to understand the risk of and risk factors associated with Long COVID in active duty, much in the earlier pandemic period. Future research priorities include establishing Long COVID definitions most relevant to active duty personnel and conducting studies to delineate, treat, and prevent Long COVID's impact on cognitive, cardiorespiratory, and overall health and fitness for duty. Many considerations in this review article may also apply to post-acute sequelae from other infectious diseases, which pose risks to military health and readiness, including future respiratory virus pandemics.
Authors
- Brian K. Agan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5114-1669)
- Mark C. Haigney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6449-4386)
- Timothy H. Burgess (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1247-8370)
- Nusrat J Epsi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5363-075X)
- Stephanie A Richard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0530-384X)
- Andrew G. Letizia
- Milissa U. Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1798-2753)
- Rhonda E Colombo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0154-1928)
- David Saunders (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0946-1164)
- Robert J. O’Connell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8901-1432)
- Chad K. Porter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7258-1690)
- David R. Tribble (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3077-9505)
- Simon D. Pollett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2643-4213)
- M.D. Morris
- Christina L La Croix
Institutions
- Henry M. Jackson Foundation (US)
- Brooke Army Medical Center (US)
- Naval Medical Research Command (US)
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (US)
- Joint Base San Antonio (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Military Medicine
- Published
- 2025-06-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usaf343
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.39