Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Incidence and Prevalence of Cough and its Types: A Real-world Study

• Published in: Journal of the Association of Physicians of India Vol. 73; no. 6; pp. 7 - 13
• Main Authors: Vora, Agam, Jindal, Surinder Kumar, Thakor, Priti, Malve, Harshad, Panchal, Roshni
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.06.2025
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Child; Child, Preschool; Cough - epidemiology; Cough - etiology; COVID-19 - complications; COVID-19 - epidemiology; Female; Humans; Incidence; Infant; Male; Middle Aged; Pandemics; Prevalence; Retrospective Studies; SARS-CoV-2; Young Adult

Cough is a prominent symptom in both the acute and postinfective phases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This retrospective study examined the prevalence and clinical characteristics of acute cough before, during, and after COVID-19. The anonymized electronic medical records (EMR) data of the...