AI Summary
This editorial highlights the importance of focusing on post-acute infection sequelae, where symptoms persist or new symptoms emerge after an infection. Despite being understudied and undiagnosed due to non-specific symptoms and undetectable pathogens, those with these sequelae often have a reduced quality of life and lack adequate clinical care.
In a minority of individuals, symptoms can persist or new symptoms emerge following an infection, leading to the development of post-acute sequelae. Interest in post-acute infection sequelae is not new, however they remain largely understudied and undiagnosed due to a variety of non-specific symptoms and, in most cases, the pathogen becoming undetectable in standard tests. Individuals with these sequelae have an impaired quality of life and rarely receive adequate clinical care.