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Evaluation of self-administered antigen testing in a college setting

Virology Journal, 2022
Background The objective of our investigation was to better understand barriers to implementation of self-administered antigen screening testing for SARS-CoV-2 at institutions of higher education (IHE).
Sarah C. Tinker, Jessica L. Prince-Guerra, Kelly Vermandere, Jenna Gettings, Cherie Drenzik, Gary Voccio, Tonia Parrott, Jan Drobeniuc, Tonya Hayden, Stephen Briggs, Debbie Heida, Natalie Thornburg, Lisa C. Barrios, John C. Neatherlin, Sabrina Madni, Catherine N. Rasberry, Kenneth D. Swanson, Azaibi Tamin, Jennifer L. Harcourt, Sandra Lester, Lydia Atherton, Margaret A. Honein   +21 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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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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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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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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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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COVID-19 and Diabetes [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2021
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the most common comorbid conditions in persons with COVID-19 and a risk factor for poor prognosis. The reasons why COVID-19 is more severe in persons with DM are currently unknown although the scarce data available on patients with DM hospitalized because of COVID-19 show that glycemic control is inadequate.
Virginia Bellido, Antonio Pérez
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Allergy and COVID-19.

Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis, 2021
The first cases of as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection have been reported in Wuhan, China in December 2019. The World Health Organization declared the global pandemic in March 2020. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) showed high rates of mortality in the adult population, whereas a mild course was observed in ...
De Filippo M., Votto M., Brambilla I., Castagnoli R., Montagna L., Caffarelli C., Cardinale F., Del Giudice M. M., Tosca M., Caimmi S., Licari A., Marseglia G. L.   +11 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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