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Editor, Senior Moderator
Infect Dis Clin North Am
. 2023 Mar;37(1):1-26.
doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2022.11.001. Epub 2022 Nov 4.
Epidemiology and Clinical Presentation of COVID-19 in Older Adults
Yasin Abul[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ciera Leeder[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Stefan Gravenstein[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection remains asymptomatic in 33% to 90% of older adults depending on their immune status from prior infection, vaccination, and circulating strain. Older adults symptomatic with SARS-CoV-2 often both present atypically, such as with a blunted fever response, and develop more severe disease. Early and late reports showed that older adults have increased severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with higher case fatality rates and higher intensive care needs compared with younger adults. Infection and vaccine-induced antibody response and long-term effects of COVID-19 also differ in older adults.
Keywords: COVID-19; Clinical presentation; Epidemiology; Older adults.
. 2023 Mar;37(1):1-26.
doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2022.11.001. Epub 2022 Nov 4.
Epidemiology and Clinical Presentation of COVID-19 in Older Adults
Yasin Abul[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ciera Leeder[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Stefan Gravenstein[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 36805007
- DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2022.11.001
Abstract
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection remains asymptomatic in 33% to 90% of older adults depending on their immune status from prior infection, vaccination, and circulating strain. Older adults symptomatic with SARS-CoV-2 often both present atypically, such as with a blunted fever response, and develop more severe disease. Early and late reports showed that older adults have increased severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with higher case fatality rates and higher intensive care needs compared with younger adults. Infection and vaccine-induced antibody response and long-term effects of COVID-19 also differ in older adults.
Keywords: COVID-19; Clinical presentation; Epidemiology; Older adults.