Global Prevalence of Long COVID, Its Subtypes, and Risk Factors: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Long COVID is globally prevalent after a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection, highlighting a continuing health challenge. The heterogeneity of estimates across populations argues the need for well-designed follow-up studies that use consistent measures and are globally representative.
Authors
- Megan L. Ranney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8450-9642)
- Xu Shi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8566-9552)
- Yiren Hou
- Tian Gu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0856-8843)
- Bhramar Mukherjee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0118-4561)
- Zhouchi Ni
Institutions
- University of Michigan (US)
- Yale University (US)
- Michigan United (US)
- Yale New Haven Health System (US)
- Columbia University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-08-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaf533
- Citations
- 36
- Primary Topic
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 50.01
Funders
- Yale University