Provocative study suggests that persistent physical symptoms after COVID-19 infection may be associated more with the belief in having been infected with SARS-CoV-2 than with having laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 infection.

Association of Self-reported COVID-19 Infection and SARS-CoV-2 Serology Test Results With Persistent Physical Symptoms Among French Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic – JAMA Internal Medicine

Author Interview: Association of Self-reported COVID-19 Infection and SARS-CoV-2 Serology Results With Persistent Physical Symptoms – JAMA Internal Medicine

Commentaries: Expert reaction to study looking at the association of self-reported COVID-19 infection and SARS-CoV-2 serology test results with persistent physical symptoms – Science Media Centre

Related:

Update to post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection: Caring for the ‘long-haulers’.

Systematic Review: Short-term and long-term rates of postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

WHO Consensus: A clinical case definition of post COVID-19 condition (Long Covid).

Characterizing long COVID: a living systematic review.

Long Covid – The illness narratives.

New guidelines to help doctors manage long COVID patients published.

M-A: More than 50 long-term effects of COVID-19. (several articles on the subject)

Commentary on Twitter

Except for anosmia, persistent symptoms after COVID-19 may be more related to the belief of having had #COVID19 than to actual SARS-Co-V2 infection. Clinicians and researchers should also consider general mechanisms that may not be specific to #SARSCoV2 https://t.co/IdSh5GhdQ6

— JAMA Internal Medicine (@JAMAInternalMed) November 8, 2021