High Prevalence of Long-COVID Among Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Longitudinal Cohort Study

• Published in: Transplantation Vol. 106; no. 12; p. 2408
• Main Authors: Amorim, Carlos Eduardo Neves, Gomes, Vinicius Lafico Teixeira, Cristelli, Marina Pontello, Viana, Laila Almeida, de Luca Correa, Hugo, Lima, Gierisson Brenno Borges, de Sousa Silva, Flaviana Santos, de Castro Lima, Gabriel Santos, Rosa, Thiago Dos Santos, Nakamura, Monica Rika, Quintino, Priscilla Monteiro, Tedesco-Silva, Helio, Medina-Pestana, José
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.12.2022
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Adult; Cohort Studies; COVID-19 - epidemiology; Female; Humans; Kidney Transplantation - adverse effects; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Middle Aged; Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome; Prevalence; Prospective Studies; Transplant Recipients

Kidney transplant recipients are at a higher risk to develop more severe clinical forms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), perhaps increasing the risk of presenting its long-term clinical complications, labeled as Long-COVID. This single-center, observational, prospective study included adult k...