Longitudinal trends in the endemic symptomatic burden of COVID-19: Insights from community-based participatory virological surveillance in the Netherlands, November 2020-April 2025
The findings suggest that the clinical presentation of COVID-19 has evolved toward upper respiratory symptoms. Despite shifting symptoms, the impact on reported well-being in this population was remarkably stable, without a significantly lower endemic symptomatic burden. The health impact of COVID-19 is more comparable to influenza than to other common respiratory infections.
Authors
- Gesa Carstens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2863-2521)
- Wanda G. H. Han (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0503-9783)
- Albert Jan van Hoek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9244-0489)
- Dirk Eggink (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4248-6008)
- Susan van den Hof
- Luisa Timmermanns
Institutions
- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-11-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2025.108264
- Primary Topic
- Respiratory viral infections research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00