Ugarte, Maider Pagola Achilleos, Souzana Quattrocchi, Annalisa Gabel, John Kolokotroni, Ourania Constantinou, Constantina Nicolaou, Nicoletta Rodriguez-Llanes, Jose Manuel Huang, Qian Verstiuk, Olesia
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BMC Public Health
BackgroundUnderstanding the impact of the burden of COVID-19 is key to successfully navigating the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of a larger investigation on COVID-19 mortality impact, this study aims to estimate the Potential Years of Life Lost (PYLL) in 17 countries and territories across the world (Australia, Brazil, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cyprus, F...
Patel, Zaid Franz, Colin K Bharat, Ankit Walter, James M Wolfe, Lisa F Koralnik, Igor J Deshmukh, Swati
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Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
The diaphragm, the principle muscle of inspiration, is an under-recognized contributor to respiratory disease. Dysfunction of the diaphragm can occur secondary to lung disease, prolonged ventilation, phrenic nerve injury, neuromuscular disease, and central nervous system pathology. In light of the global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-...
Haak, Laura Delic, Blaga Li, Lin Guarin, Tatiana Mazurowski, Lauren Dastjerdi, Niloufar Gharoon Dewan, Aimee Pagilla, Krishna
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The Science of the total environment
The response to disease outbreaks, such as SARS-CoV-2, can be constrained by a limited ability to measure disease prevalence early at a localized level. Wastewater based epidemiology is a powerful tool identifying disease spread from pooled community sewer networks or at influent to wastewater treatment plants. However, this approach is often not a...
Ahmed, Warish Simpson, Stuart L Bertsch, Paul M Bibby, Kyle Bivins, Aaron Blackall, Linda L Bofill-Mas, Sílvia Bosch, Albert Brandão, João Choi, Phil M
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The Science of the total environment
Wastewater surveillance for pathogens using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) is an effective and resource-efficient tool for gathering community-level public health information, including the incidence of coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19). Surveillance of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) in wastew...
Sun, Zhonghan Song, Zhi-Gang Liu, Chenglin Tan, Shishang Lin, Shuchun Zhu, Jiajun Dai, Fa-Hui Gao, Jian She, Jia-Lei Mei, Zhendong
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BMC Medicine
BackgroundCOVID-19 is an infectious disease characterized by multiple respiratory and extrapulmonary manifestations, including gastrointestinal symptoms. Although recent studies have linked gut microbiota to infectious diseases such as influenza, little is known about the role of the gut microbiota in COVID-19 pathophysiology.MethodsTo better under...
Ashraf, Sohaib Ashraf, Shoaib Ashraf, Moneeb Farooq, Iqra Akmal, Rutaba Imran, Muhammad Ahmad Kalsoom, Larab Ashraf, Sidra Rafique, Sundas Ghufran, Muhammad
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Trials
BackgroundCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the novel coronavirus-infected millions globally. Despite a wide range of advised options for the treatment of COVID-19, a single strategy to tackle this pandemic remains elusive, thus far. That is why we are conducting a clinical trial to find out the efficacy of iodine complex to clear a vir...
Müller, Michael Volzke, Johann Subin, Behnam Müller, Silke Sombetzki, Martina Reisinger, Emil C. Müller-Hilke, Brigitte
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BMC Medicine
BackgroundWhile vaccination programs against the severe acute respiratory syndrome virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are globally ongoing, disparate strategies for the deployment of spike antigen show varying effectiveness.MethodsIn order to explore this phenomenon, we sought to compare the early immune responses against AZD1222 and BNT162b2. SARS-CoV-2 seroneg...
Giacomelli, Andrea Ridolfo, Anna Lisa Bonazzetti, Cecilia Oreni, Letizia Conti, Federico Pezzati, Laura Siano, Matteo Bassoli, Cinzia Casalini, Giacomo Schiuma, Marco
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BMC Infectious Diseases
BackgroundTo compare differences in the probability of COVID-19-related death between native Italians and immigrants hospitalised with COVID-19.MethodsThis retrospective study of prospectively collected data was conducted at the ASST Fatebenefratelli-Sacco Hospital in Milan, Italy, between 21 February and 31 November 2020. Uni- and multivariable Co...
Plackett, Benjamin
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Nature
Family ties in the world’s second-most-populous country are loosening as more Indians move for work. Farther east, one in three Japanese people will be over 65 by 2036. What can these countries teach us?
Sohn, Emily
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Nature
Infectious disease, loneliness and stress can affect cellular ageing, making us less healthy and shortening lifespans.
