Medical Xpress November 4, 2025
Long COVID is a heterogeneous clinical condition that affects thousands of people and can manifest in many different ways. Understanding why some people develop it while others do not remains one of the main scientific challenges.
A new study led by the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) provides a new perspective: what matters is not only which previous diseases a person has, but also the order in which they appeared and how they interact. This approach makes it possible to identify risk profiles for long COVID that had not been detected until now. The research was conducted within the framework of the COVICAT study, coordinated in collaboration with the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal).
The study, published...







