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COVID-19 Disease and Vaccination: Knowledge, Fears, Perceptions and Feelings of Regret for Not Having Been Vaccinated among Hospitalized Greek Patients Suffering SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Infectious Disease Reports, 2022
Background: The development of vaccines against COVID-19 has greatly altered the natural course of this infection, reducing the disease’s severity and patients’ hospitalization. However, hesitancy against vaccination remains an obstacle in the attempt to
Petros Ioannou, Sotiris Tzalis, Eirini Pasparaki, Despoina Spentzouri, Myrto Konidaki, Ioanna Papakitsou, Nikolaos Spernovasilis, Nikolaos Papanikolaou, George Samonis, Diamantis P. Kofteridis   +9 more
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Intensive diagnostic management of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in academic settings in Japan: challenge and future

Inflammation and Regeneration, 2020
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), first emerged in Wuhan, China, and has spread globally to most countries. In Japan, the first COVID-19 patient was identified on January 15, 2020.
Tokio Hoshina, Hiroka Aonuma, Manabu Ote, Tatsuya Sakurai, Erisha Saiki, Yuki Kinjo, Kazuhiro Kondo, Masataka Okabe, Hirotaka Kanuka   +8 more
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Quantitative comparison of SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid amplification test and antigen testing algorithms: a decision analysis simulation model

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Antigen tests for SARS-CoV-2 offer advantages over nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs, such as RT-PCR), including lower cost and rapid return of results, but show reduced sensitivity.
Phillip P. Salvatore, Melisa M. Shah, Laura Ford, Augustina Delaney, Christopher H. Hsu, Jacqueline E. Tate, Hannah L. Kirking   +6 more
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Acceptability and feasibility of strategies to shield the vulnerable during the COVID-19 outbreak: a qualitative study in six Sudanese communities

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Shielding of high-risk groups from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been suggested as a realistic alternative to severe movement restrictions during the COVID-19 epidemic in low-income countries. The intervention entails the establishment of
Nada Abdelmagid, Salma A. E. Ahmed, Nazik Nurelhuda, Israa Zainalabdeen, Aljaile Ahmed, Mahmoud Ali Fadlallah, Maysoon Dahab   +6 more
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Procalcitonin as a Predictive Factor for the Clinical Outcome of Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 [PDF]

Journal of Acute Care Surgery, 2022
Purpose The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues. It has been reported that patients with bacterial coinfection have a higher mortality rate than patients without coinfection.
Sungho Lee, Jung Mo Lee, Taeyang Choi, Kwanhoon Park, Kang Yoon Lee, Ji young Jang   +5 more
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Clinical characteristics of patients with COVID-19 admitted to the COVID-19 Emergency Field Hospital of Bangkalan, Indonesia [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

F1000Research, 2022
Background: Following the surge of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in the epicenter of East Java Province, this study aimed to determine the clinical characteristics of patients with COVID-19 at one of the emergency field hospitals in Indonesia.
Ahmad Maulana Ifan Akbas, Nathania Djaja, Perthdyatama Syifaq Budiono, Kurnia Auliyana Ar-Rahmah, Erwin Astha Triyono, Fenska Seipalla, Yussika Fernanda, Aditya Putra Pamungkas, Clarissa Azalia Maheswari, Alfin Jam'Annuri   +9 more
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Emergence and expansion of highly infectious spike protein D614G mutant SARS-CoV-2 in central India

Scientific Reports, 2021
COVID-19 has emerged as global pandemic with largest damage to the public health, economy and human psyche.The genome sequence data obtained during the ongoing pandemic are valuable to understand the virus evolutionary patterns and spread across the ...
Shashi Sharma, Paban Kumar Dash, Sushil Kumar Sharma, Ambuj Srivastava, Jyoti S. Kumar, B. S. Karothia, K. T. Chelvam, Sandeep Singh, Abhaydeep Gupta, Ram Govind Yadav, Ruchi Yadav, T. S. Greeshma, Pramod Kumar Kushwaha, Ravi Bhushan Kumar, D. P. Nagar, Manvendra Nandan, Subodh Kumar, Duraipandian Thavaselvam, Devendra Kumar Dubey   +18 more
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The impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions on the first COVID-19 epidemic wave in South Africa

BMC Public Health, 2023
Objective In this study, we investigated the impact of COVID-19 NPIs in South Africa to understand their effectiveness in the reduction of transmission of COVID-19 in the South African population.
Thabo Mabuka, Nesisa Ncube, Michael Ross, Andrea Silaji, Willie Macharia, Tinashe Ndemera, Tlaleng Lemeke   +6 more
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The characteristic and clinical profiles among COVID-19 patients at the National Emergency Hospital Wisma Atlet Jakarta in 2021

Jurnal Cakrawala Promkes, 2022
The World Health Organization designated Covid-19, caused by SARS-COV-2, a worldwide pandemic on March 11, 2020, and it has been entering Indonesia since early March 2020.
Misriani Misriani, Muchamat Helmi, Arif Sujagat, Lutfi Rinaldi Syahbana, Wahyu Setiyowati, Tjahja Nurobi, Budiman Budiman, Tri Setyanti, Imelda Sussanti, Dianita Sugiyo, Noven Tri Wandasari, Faudyan Eka Satria   +11 more
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Surgical treatment of tension pneumomediastinum in patients with covid-19 at the field hospital: a case series

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2022
Background Tension pneumomediastinum is one of the most serious complications in COVID-19 patients with respiratory distress requiring invasive mechanical ventilation.
Phan Quang Thuan, Pham Phan Phuong Phuong, Huynh Phuong Nguyet Anh, Le Phi Long, Le Minh Khoi   +4 more
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