Long-Term Outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 Variants and Other Respiratory Infections: Evidence from the Virus Watch Prospective Cohort in England
Long-Term Outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 Variants and Other Respiratory Infections: Evidence from the Virus Watch Prospective Cohort in England
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SARS-CoV-2 变体和其他呼吸道感染的长期结果:来自英格兰病毒观察前瞻性队列的证据
DOI:
10.1101/2023.12.18.23300124
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2023
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Beale S
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Beale S
This study compared the likelihood of long-term sequelae following infection with SARS-CoV-2 variants, other acute respiratory infections (ARIs) and non-infected individuals. Participants (n=5,630) were drawn from Virus Watch, a prospective community cohort investigating SARS-CoV-2 epidemiology in England. Using logistic regression, we compared predicted probabilities of developing long-term symptoms (>2 months) during different variant dominance periods according to infection status (SARS-CoV-2, other ARI, or no infection), adjusting for confounding by demographic and clinical factors and vaccination status. SARS-CoV-2 infection during early variant periods up to Omicron BA.1 was associated with greater probability of long-term sequalae (adjusted predicted probability (PP) range 0.27, 95% CI = 0.22–0.33 to 0.34, 95% CI = 0.25–0.43) compared with later Omicron sub-variants (PP range 0.11, 95% CI 0.08–0.15 to 0.14, 95% CI 0.10–0.18). While differences between SARS-CoV-2 and other ARIs (PP range 0.08, 95% CI 0.04–0.11 to 0.23, 95% CI 0.18–0.28) varied by period, all post-infection estimates substantially exceeded those for non-infected participants (PP range 0.01, 95% CI 0.00, 0.02 to 0.03, 95% CI 0.01–0.06). Variant was an important predictor of SARS-CoV-2 post-infection sequalae, with recent Omicron sub-variants demonstrating similar probabilities to other contemporaneous ARIs. Further aetiological investigation including between-pathogen comparison is recommended.