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Comparison of antigen- and RT-PCR-based testing strategies for detection of SARS-CoV-2 in two high-exposure settings.

PLoS ONE, 2021
Surveillance testing for infectious disease is an important tool to combat disease transmission at the population level. During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, RT-PCR tests have been considered the gold standard due to their high sensitivity and specificity ...
Jay Love, Megan T Wimmer, Damon J A Toth, Arthi Chandran, Dilip Makhija, Charles K Cooper, Matthew H Samore, Lindsay T Keegan   +7 more
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Longitudinal serologic and viral testing post-SARS-CoV-2 infection and post-receipt of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in a nursing home cohort-Georgia, October 2020‒April 2021.

PLoS ONE, 2022
There are limited data describing SARS-CoV-2-specific immune responses and their durability following infection and vaccination in nursing home residents.
Farrell A Tobolowsky, Michelle A Waltenburg, Erin D Moritz, Melia Haile, Juliana C DaSilva, Amy J Schuh, Natalie J Thornburg, Adrianna Westbrook, Susannah L McKay, Stephen P LaVoie, Jennifer M Folster, Jennifer L Harcourt, Azaibi Tamin, Megan M Stumpf, Lisa Mills, Brandi Freeman, Sandra Lester, Elizabeth Beshearse, Kristin D Lecy, Laura G Brown, Geroncio Fajardo, Jeanne Negley, L Clifford McDonald, Preeta K Kutty, Allison C Brown, CDC Infection Prevention and Control Team   +25 more
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Noninvasive Thermographic Photographing as an Assessment of the State of Discomfort in a Dog Receiving Radiation Therapy

Animals, 2021
In humans, radiation induces dilation of capillaries and inflammatory reactions to raise skin temperature. Thermography is used to detect abnormalities after radiation therapy (RT). However, in veterinary nursing, objective evaluation of the condition of
Kaori Saeki, Kenji Kutara, Eri Iwata, Masahiro Miyabe, Yuki Shimizu, Yuko Wada, Akihiro Ohnishi, Akira Matsuda, Takako Shimokawa Miyama, Taketoshi Asanuma   +9 more
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ANALYSIS OF NURSING CARE WITH WALKING SPORTS INTERVENTION TO REDUCE SENDENTARY BEHAVIOR IN CHILDREN WITH OBESITY IN RT 03 RW 09 GROGOL, LIMO, DEPOK

Indonesian Journal of Community Health Nursing, 2023
Introduction: Overweight and obesity is a problem of excess nutrition that is increasingly common in children around the world. Overweight and obesity in children is the result of calorie (energy) intake that exceeds the number of calories expended or burned through metabolic processes in the body.
Nourmayansa Vidya Anggraini, Della Yunita   +1 more
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BNT162b2 vaccination effectively prevents the rapid rise of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 in high-risk populations in Israel

Cell Reports Medicine, 2021
Summary: Since the emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, various genetic variants have been described. The B.1.1.7 variant, which emerged in England during December 2020, is associated with increased infectivity.
Ariel Munitz, Matan Yechezkel, Yoav Dickstein, Dan Yamin, Motti Gerlic   +4 more
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Impact of Isolation Time of COVID-19 Patients in Intensive Care Unit on Healthcare Workers Contamination and Nursing Care Intensity

Frontiers in Medicine, 2022
BackgroundThe optimal isolation time of COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit (ICU) is debated. We investigated the impact of two different COVID-19 patient isolation time strategies on healthcare workers (HCW) contamination, intensity of nursing care
Denis Doyen, Denis Doyen, Denis Doyen, Lucas Morand, Lucas Morand, Mathieu Jozwiak, Mathieu Jozwiak, Didac Aurenche Mateu, Didac Aurenche Mateu, Clément Saccheri, Clément Saccheri, Hervé Hyvernat, Hervé Hyvernat, Marion Cremoni, Marion Cremoni, Vesna Brglez, Vesna Brglez, Nicolas Bèle, Gilles Bernardin, Gilles Bernardin, Barbara Seitz-Polski, Barbara Seitz-Polski, Jean Dellamonica, Jean Dellamonica   +23 more
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A scientific approach to skin radiotherapy nursing Article 3 - The skin RT prescription and plan especially in relation to volume and dose

International Journal of Radiology & Radiation Therapy, 2022
Nurses play an important role in the RT of skin and its diseases. This is the third of four articles that attempts to provide a scientific basis for nurses to better understand skin RT patients, skin and its diseases, and acute RT skin reactions and how to care for them to achieve the best outcomes from RT treatments. The first paper outlined the role
Gerald B. Fogarty, Natasha Bell, Terri Parker, Rebecca Droughton, Jenn Manning, Tai Tran, Anupam Chaudhuri   +6 more
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A nucleic acid detection assay combining reverse transcription recombinase-aided amplification with a lateral flow dipstick for the rapid visual detection of porcine deltacoronavirus

Virulence, 2022
Porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV) is an emerging enteropathogen causing severe diarrhoea, dehydration, and death in nursing piglets and enormous economic losses for the global swine industry.
Jianyu Zeng, Wenlong Wang, Lei Zhou, Xinna Ge, Jun Han, Xin Guo, Yanhong Chen, Yongning Zhang, Hanchun Yang   +8 more
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Public Awareness and Perceptions of Radiotherapy and Their Influence on the Use of Radiotherapy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Journal of Global Oncology, 2019
PURPOSE: Misconceptions associated with radiotherapy (RT) may affect the patient’s choice to undergo or not undergo RT. In this study, the level of awareness and perceptions about radiation and RT, as well as their impact on the use of RT, were assessed.
Geofrey F. Soko, Anthony B. Burambo, Mpanda M. Mngoya, Burhani A. Abdul   +3 more
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