The phrase "about a persistent" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It can be used when discussing a topic related to something that is ongoing or enduring, often in a context of concern or analysis.
Example: "The report was about a persistent issue affecting the community's health and well-being."
Alternatives: "regarding a continual" or "concerning an ongoing".
Days before the explosion, other residents said they complained about a persistent gas smell.
"I am writing to inform you about a persistent pattern of noncompliance," Mr. Schneiderman wrote, according to the letter.
Such products have drawn the ire of state attorneys general who have said that they prey on customers' fears, particularly those who are anxious about a persistent recession.
He visited Dr. Joseph Maroon and Dr. Micky Collins on Wednesday in Pittsburgh after complaining about a persistent headache and sluggish feeling.
US citizens in the country have been warned about a persistent danger to their security, and two US naval warships remain nearby in case the ambassador orders an evacuation.
The search for the gene had its origins in 1994, when a puzzled mother took her 6-year-old daughter to a dermatologist to ask about a persistent rash on the little girl's neck.
About a year ago, a persistent salesman from Frontier Buffalo (in Manhattan, of course) coaxed him into taking 80 servings' worth on the understanding that if the meat sold between Friday and Monday, the restaurant would reorder.
Although the secondary phase of impaired cerebral energy metabolism resolves after about 72 hours, a persistent disturbance may be detected for several months [ 8, 9].
Fairness is an easy word to use but what's fair about having a persistent, convicted liar as your MP?
Lawmakers can talk about how a persistent refusal to raise gasoline taxes has choked construction of new highways and delayed maintenance on existing ones.
This is quite an about-face for a persistent critic of Washington's repeated blunders in the Middle East, especially its 2003 intervention in Iraq.
