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By Pooja Toshniwal PahariaApr 20 2023Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. In a recent study published in the journal PLoS Medicine, researchers investigated whether COVID-19 patients could fit the diagnostic criteria for long coronavirus disease or post-COVID condition after a bout of influenza .
Multiple similarities exist between influenza and COVID-19. The two conditions have similar etiological agents, i.e., single-stranded ribonucleic acid viruses with high affinity for respiratory organs, although generalized manifestations are observed. Both diseases are highly prevalent globally and have caused substantial socioeconomic and medical burdens. In light of the similarities between the two conditions, there could be symptomatic overlap between their post-infection syndromes.
PCC was defined based on the ICD-10 code for the condition, or the presence of any of the 11 WHO-defined PCC symptoms, after one to three months of acute infection. The team identified Long Flu among influenza patients diagnosed in 2018-2019 using the PCC symptomatic definition .
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