Post-COVID-19 Syndrome in Outpatients and Its Association with Viral Load

Daniel Alberto Girón Pérez, Aimee Fonseca-Agüero, Gladys Alejandra Toledo-Ibarra, Jaqueline de Jesus Gomez-Valdivia, Karina Janice Guadaluope Díaz-Resendiz, Alma Benitez Benitez-Trinidad, Francisco Fabian Razura-Carmona, Migdalia Sarahy Navidad-Murrieta, Carlos Eduardo Covantes-Rosales and Manuel Ivan Giron-Pérez ()
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Daniel Alberto Girón Pérez: Laboratorio Nacional de Investigación Para la Inocuidad Alimentaria (LANIIA) Unidad Nayarit, Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit, Tepic 63000, Mexico
Aimee Fonseca-Agüero: Laboratorio de Psicofisiología y Conducta, Unidad Académica de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit, Tepic 63000, Mexico
Gladys Alejandra Toledo-Ibarra: Laboratorio Nacional de Investigación Para la Inocuidad Alimentaria (LANIIA) Unidad Nayarit, Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit, Tepic 63000, Mexico
Jaqueline de Jesus Gomez-Valdivia: Laboratorio de Psicofisiología y Conducta, Unidad Académica de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit, Tepic 63000, Mexico
Karina Janice Guadaluope Díaz-Resendiz: Laboratorio Nacional de Investigación Para la Inocuidad Alimentaria (LANIIA) Unidad Nayarit, Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit, Tepic 63000, Mexico
Alma Benitez Benitez-Trinidad: Laboratorio Nacional de Investigación Para la Inocuidad Alimentaria (LANIIA) Unidad Nayarit, Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit, Tepic 63000, Mexico
Francisco Fabian Razura-Carmona: Laboratorio Nacional de Investigación Para la Inocuidad Alimentaria (LANIIA) Unidad Nayarit, Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit, Tepic 63000, Mexico
Migdalia Sarahy Navidad-Murrieta: Laboratorio Nacional de Investigación Para la Inocuidad Alimentaria (LANIIA) Unidad Nayarit, Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit, Tepic 63000, Mexico
Carlos Eduardo Covantes-Rosales: Laboratorio Nacional de Investigación Para la Inocuidad Alimentaria (LANIIA) Unidad Nayarit, Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit, Tepic 63000, Mexico
Manuel Ivan Giron-Pérez: Laboratorio Nacional de Investigación Para la Inocuidad Alimentaria (LANIIA) Unidad Nayarit, Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit, Tepic 63000, Mexico

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 22, 1-11

Abstract: Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic is the result of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which has caused more than 100 million infections and more than 2.5 million deaths worldwide, representing a serious public health problem. The gold method for detecting this virus is qRT-PCR, which is a semiquantitative technique where the viral load can be established through its cycle threshold (Ct). It has also been reported that COVID-19 generates long-term symptoms (post-COVID-19). Methods: After three months, a survey was performed on 70 COVID-19 confirmed patients; subsequently, we divided them into four groups (persistent symptoms, chemo-sensitive, cognitive issues, and changes in habit) in order to determine the correlation between viral load and post-COVID-19 symptoms. Results: Data show that fatigue, nervousness, anosmia, and diet changes are common long-term symptoms; in addition, a negative correlation was found between viral load and the number of post-COVID-19 symptoms. Conclusion: COVID-19 generates long-term symptoms which can cause problems with psychological and social repercussions.

Keywords: post-COVID-19 syndrome; perception; mental health; viral load; SARS-CoV-2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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