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In March 2020, we observed an outbreak of COVID-19 among a relatively homogenous group of 199 young (median age 21 years; 87% men) Swiss recruits. By comparing physical endurance before and in median 45 days after the outbreak, we found a significant decrease in predicted maximal aerobic capacity in COVID-19 convalescent but not in asymptomatically infected and SARS-CoV-2 naive recruits. This finding might be indicative of lung injury after apparently mild COVID-19 in young adults.

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Reduced maximal aerobic capacity after COVID-19 in young adult recruits, Switzerland, May 2020
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Giovanni+Andrea+Gerardo+Crameri&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Crameri Giovanni Andrea Gerardo</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Michel+Bielecki&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Bielecki Michel</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Roland+Z%C3%BCst&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Züst Roland</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Thomas+Werner+Buehrer&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Buehrer Thomas Werner</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Zeno+Stanga&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Stanga Zeno</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Jeremy+Werner+Deuel&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Deuel Jeremy Werner</a></span>. Reduced maximal aerobic capacity after COVID-19 in young adult recruits, Switzerland, May 2020. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2020;25(36):pii=2001542. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.36.2001542" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.36.2001542</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 13 Aug 2020;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 10 Sept 2020 </span> </p>
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