long COVID

Original Article / VOLUME 5, ISSUE 3, SEPTEMBER 2023

Long-Term Symptoms and Quality of Life in Persons with COVID-19

Nuriye Yalçın-Çolak and others

COVID-19, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), is a zoonotic infection that emerged in Wuhan province of China in December 2019. SARS-COV-2 is a Betacoronavirus that is classified in Riboviria realm, Nidovirales order, and Coronaviridae family (1). Although the fatality rate of SARS-CoV-2 (2.6%) is lower than SARS-CoV (11%) and MERS-CoV (35-50%), it was much more severe worldwide (...) Read More

Original Article / VOLUME 5, ISSUE 3, SEPTEMBER 2023

Dark Side of the COVID-19 Pandemic; ‘Long COVID’

Elif Mukime Sarıcaoğlu and others

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, with the increasing number of cases, has been a major health challenge worldwide. In addition to being a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection maintains its importance because of prolonged symptoms after acute disease in the post-infectious period. Read More