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Table 1 Descriptions of Post-COVID syndrome

From: Pathophysiology of Post-COVID syndromes: a new perspective

Duration of symptoms

Description/terms

References

> 3 months

Post-COVID syndrome

[22, 29, 30]

Long COVID

Chronic COVID-19

1–3 months

On-going COVID-19

[22]

Post-acute COVID-19

> 24 weeks

Persistent post-COVID symptoms

[31]

12–24 weeks

Long post-COVID symptoms

[32]

5–12 weeks

Acute post-COVID symptoms

[33]

> 4 weeks (from symptoms onset)

Post-acute COVID-19 syndrome

[34]

> 4 weeks (from diagnosis time)

Long-COVID

[35,36,37]

Long-haulers

Late sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection

> 2 months

Long-COVID

[38]

> 100 days

Long-haul COVID

[39]