Life after recovery from SARS,influenza,and Middle East respiratory syndrome: An insight into possible long-term consequences of COVID-19

摘要

Viral infectious diseases have become an increased public health issue in the past 20 years.The outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus(SARSCoV-1)in 2002,influenza H1N1 in 2009,Middle East respiratory syndrome-CoV in 2012,and the current new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 have shown that viral infectious diseases are a major concern in the 21st century.As the world lives under the pandemic of a new coronavirus(COVID-19),knowing the clinical characteristics from those past diseases and their long-term outcomes is important to understand the current coronavirus pandemic and its complications and consequences better and plan for possible future outbreaks.Several long-term complications have been described with these respiratory viral diseases,such as decreased pulmonary function,pulmonary fibrosis,chronic fatigue syndrome,avascular necrosis of bone,polyneuropathy,encephalitis,posttraumatic stress disorder,depression,and anxiety.This article summarizes several studies describing chronic complications and long-term outcomes of patients recovered from these viral syndromes.