Is COVID-19 Associated With an Increased Risk of Subsequent Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Adults? A Prospective Cohort Study
There was no association between COVID-19 and subsequent URTI. Other epidemiological, individual, and social factors could explain the increase in the incidence of URTI.
Authors
- Hélène Decaluwe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6617-0633)
- Élise Fortin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6612-9091)
- Guy Boivin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3027-4662)
- Fazia Tadount
- Yves Longtin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4532-379X)
- Matthew P. Cheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4867-2063)
- Patrice Savard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1676-2301)
- Gaston De Serres (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1592-5167)
- Caroline Quach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1170-9475)
Institutions
- McGill University Health Centre (CA)
- Jewish General Hospital (CA)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine (CA)
- Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec (CA)
- Centre hospitalier de l'Université Laval (CA)
- Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CA)
- Institute of Infection and Immunity (CA)
- Université Laval (CA)
- McGill University (CA)
- Université de Montréal (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-08-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaf544
- Primary Topic
- Respiratory viral infections research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Pfizer
- AstraZeneca
- Cidara Therapeutics
- Public Health Agency of Canada
- Amplyx
- Public Health Agency
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Santé