Follow-up studies in COVID-19 recovered patients - is it mandatory?

被引:104
作者
Balachandar, Updates Vellingiri [1 ]
Mahalaxmi, Iyer [2 ]
Subramaniam, Mohandevi [3 ]
Kaavya, Jayaramayya [2 ]
Kumar, Nachimuthu Senthil [4 ]
Laldinmawii, Gracy [5 ]
Narayanasamy, Arul [6 ]
Reddy, Patur Janardhana Kumar [7 ]
Sivaprakash, Palanisamy [8 ]
Kanchana, Sivaprakash [9 ]
Vivekanandhan, Govindasamy [10 ]
Cho, Ssang-Goo [11 ]
机构
[1] Bharathiar Univ, Dept Human Genet & Mol Biol, Human Mol Cytogenet & Stem Cell Lab, Coimbatore 641046, Tamil Nadu, India
[2] Avinashilingam Inst Home Sci & Higher Educ Women, Dept Zool, Coimbatore 641043, Tamil Nadu, India
[3] Vis Res Fdn, Dept Genet & Mol Biol, Chennai 600006, Tamil Nadu, India
[4] Mizoram Univ, Dept Biotechnol, Aizawl 796004, Mizoram, India
[5] Zoram Med Coll, Dept Microbiol, Aizawl 796004, Mizoram, India
[6] Bharathiar Univ, Dept Zool, Dis Prote Lab, Coimbatore 641046, Tamil Nadu, India
[7] Bharathiar Univ, Dept Educ, Psychol & Educ Sociol, Coimbatore 641046, Tamil Nadu, India
[8] Dr NGP Inst Technol, Dept Mech Engn, Ctr Environm Awareness, Coimbatore 641048, Tamil Nadu, India
[9] Sri Ramakrishna Engn Coll, Dept Civil Engn, Environm Risk Assessment, Coimbatore 641022, Tamil Nadu, India
[10] Farmers Bio Fertilizers & Organ, Coimbatore 641029, Tamil Nadu, India
[11] Konkuk Univ, Dept Stem Cell & Regenerat Biotechnol, Seoul, South Korea
基金
新加坡国家研究基金会;
关键词
COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Epidemiological study; Health assessment; Recovered patients; Follow-up studies; ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; CORONAVIRUS; SARS;
D O I
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139021
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
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摘要
The novel Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an illness caused due to Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared this outbreak a global health emergency and as on April 24, 2020, it has spread to 213 countries, with 25,91,015 confirmed cases and 742,855 cases have been recovered from COVID-19. In this dreadful situation our team has already published an article in the Science of the Total Environment, which elaborates the various aspects of the SARS-CoV-2 infection. In this situation, it is imperative to understand the possible outcome of COVID-19 recovered patients and determine if they have any other detrimental illnesses by longitudinal analysis to safeguard their life in future. It is necessary to follow-up these recovered patients and performs comprehensive assessments for detection and appropriate management towards their psychological, physical, and social realm. This urges us to suggest that it is highly important to provide counselling, moral support as well as a few recommended guidelines to the recovered patients and society to restore to normalcy. Epidemiological, clinical and immunological studies from COVID-19 recovered patients are particularly important to understand the disease and to prepare better for potential outbreaks in the future. Longitudinal studies on a larger cohort would help us to understand the in-depth prognosis as well as the pathogenesis of COVID-19. Also, follow-up studies will help us provide more information for the development of vaccines and drugs for these kinds of pandemics in the future. Hence, we recommend more studies are required to unravel the possible mechanism of COVID-19 infection and the after-effects of it to understand the characteristics of the virus and to develop the necessary precautionary measures to prevent it. (c) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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