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Neurologic Manifestations of Long COVID Affect Adult Females More Severely Than Males

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To characterize differences in neurologic manifestations of postacute sequelae of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection (Neuro‐PASC) between females and males. Methods Cross‐sectional study of the first consecutive 261 posthospitalization Neuro‐PASC (PNP) and 2068 nonhospitalized Neuro‐PASC (NNP) patients evaluated at the Neuro‐COVID clinic between ...
Hannah Kopinsky, Melissa Lopez, Janet Miller, Millenia Jimenez, Eric M. Liotta, Igor J. Koralnik   +5 more
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Prevalence and Diagnostic Determinants of Hepatitis B Infection Among Saudi Adults: Implications for Targeted Screening and Early Detection

Diagnostics
Background/Objectives: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) remains a significant diagnostic and public health challenge worldwide. Despite widespread vaccination, underdiagnosis persists among adults in Saudi Arabia.
Mohammad A. Jareebi, Ali A. Awam, Dhiyaa A. H. Otayf, Saja A. Almraysi, Israa H. Alqamaryat, Amaal A. Alghamdi, Majed A. Ryani, Ahmed A. Bahri, Abdulwahab A. Aqeeli, Jamaludeen A. Othman, Adhari A. Alselmi, Farjah H. Algahtani, Hani A. Alghamdi, Ghazi I. Al Jowf, Aisha H. Majrashi   +14 more
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Developing and Evaluating a Laboratory‐Based Frailty Index for the Prediction of Long‐Term Health Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We aimed to construct and evaluate the first laboratory‐based frailty index (FI‐Lab) for predicting adverse outcomes in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to compare its predictive ability to that of an existing clinical FI. Methods We used data from a single‐center prospective cohort of adult patients with SLE whose baseline visit ...
Grace Burns, Samuel D. Searle, Alexandra Legge   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding factors influencing the implementation and uptake of less-established adult vaccination programmes: A meta-ethnography of COVID-19 vaccination in Nigeria

Global Public Health
Before COVID-19, a few studies examined adult vaccination programmes for disease outbreaks in Nigeria. Recent studies explored vaccine uptake factors, but few examined implementation.
Abiola Ojumu, Siti Aishah Ibrahim, Anna C. Seale, Olufunke Fayehun, Paramjit Gill   +4 more
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Individuals With Multijoint Osteoarthritis Demonstrate Larger Longitudinal Declines in Frailty: Data From the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that multijoint osteoarthritis would modify the relation between time and frailty progression, in which more affected joints would lead to larger declines over six years compared to those without osteoarthritis using data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.
Carson Halliwell, Rebecca Moyer, Myles W. O'Brien   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vaccine prophylaxis of adult infectious diseases

Терапевтический архив, 2010
The paper reviews the main problems of vaccine prophylaxis of adult infectious diseases, including the organization of adult vaccination within the national calendar of immunization and that as indicated by epidemics.
Valentin Ivanovich Pokrovskiy, Irina Viktorovna Mikheeva, V I Pokrovsky, I V Mikheyeva   +3 more
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Vaccination in Older Adults among Healthcare Professionals: A Cross-sectional Study

Journal of Public Health and Primary Care
Context: Older adults are at increased risk of vaccine-preventable infections due to immunosenescence and multimorbidity. Despite international recommendations, routine vaccination of adults aged ≥60 years is not widely practiced in India, and evidence ...
Parul Bhutani, Kritartha Kashyap, Sudeep Mathew George, Vasu Digra, Minaskhi Dhar   +4 more
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Mapping the Social Network Structure and Composition of Black Individuals With Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Conditions

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Our objective was to describe the social networks of Black individuals with rheumatic and musculoskeletal conditions and understand the clustering of health‐related behaviors to inform future community‐based, peer‐led interventions. Methods We used an adapted Personal Network Survey for Clinical Research (PERSNET) to map the personal social ...
Taussia Boadi, Amar Dhand, Leah Santacroce, Neil Pillai, Komel Safdar, Mia T. Chandler, Ariel Childs, Monica Crespo‐Bosque, Gina Curry, Mary Dollear, Alice Eggleston, Daniel Erickson, Dieufort Fleurissaint, Denice Garrett, Gail Granville, Tyler Green, Magdalena Hamielec, Elena Losina, Karen Mancera‐Cuevas, Mary Ann Nelson, Chisa Nosamiefan, Bisola Ojikutu, Tonya S. Roberson, Mary Beth Son, Marie Jacques Toussaint, Michael York, Rosalind Ramsey‐Goldman, Candace H. Feldman   +27 more
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Wearable Smart Patches on Sustainable Chitosan With Reversible Microbial Growth‐Inhibitory Properties

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Chitosan, a polysaccharide upcycled from biowaste, has long promised sustainable, biocompatible, and antimicrobial films and devices, an appeal reinforced by its recent regulatory recognition, with several chitosan‐based antibacterial dressings gaining clearance through the Food and Drug Administration's 510(k) pathway.
Jacopo Nicoletti, Kubra Kocak, Andrea Michel, Enrico Cavarzerani, Ali Raza, Petr Rohzin, Nouha Loudhaief, Saimir Frroku, Nicolò Baldovin, Hazrat Bilal, Alvise Perosa, Maurizio Selva, Flavio Rizzolio, Luca Sbuelz, Sabrina Tamburini, Domenico De Fazio, Giovanni Antonio Salvatore   +16 more
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Building on Vaccine Confidence in the Aftermath of the Pandemic: A Qualitative Study in Primary Care Physicians

Vaccines
Objectives: We aimed to document the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the public’s attitudes and stances towards adult vaccination, as perceived by frontline primary care physicians (PCPs), as well as their proposed strategies to boost vaccine ...
Ilias Pagkozidis, Georgios Papazisis, Stamatina Driva, Anna-Bettina Haidich, Zoi Tsimtsiou   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source