Medical Xpress July 31, 2024
The University of Queensland-led and developed COVID-19 Risk Calculator has been updated to determine a person’s risk of developing long COVID.
Developed in conjunction with scientists, clinicians and researchers from Flinders University, QUT, the University of Sydney and the Immunisation Coalition, the online calculator provides a personalized risk assessment of developing long COVID 6 months after infection.
Associate Professor Kirsty Short from UQ’s School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences said the tool will be useful in helping tackle the obstinate disease.
“At least 65 million people globally are thought to suffer from the post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC), more commonly known as long COVID,” Dr. Short said.
“It’s an incredibly debilitating disease causing more than 200 symptoms across 10 different...
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