Evolution and importance of Molecular Microbiology in the Laboratory of the Provincial Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology by María de Lourdes Sánchez Alvarez, Rafael Abreu Duarte, Edenis García Alvarez, Adrian Fernández García, Ermis Alexander González Martínez, Maidelys Mendoza Acosta

“…In 2023, the pathogen detection capacity was strengthened and the community cocirculation of influenza A and B, parainfluenza virus type 4, the OC 43 coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 and dengue was identified. Conclusions: the progressive increase in the resolution capacity of the Molecular Biology Laboratory, together with the implementation of new diagnostic platforms, has allowed us to strengthen the detection of pathogens of clinical interest and improve virological sentinel surveillance.…”
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Common protocol for validation of the QCOVID algorithm across the four UK nations by Ronan A Lyons, Aziz Sheikh, Vahe Nafilyan, Frank Kee, Carol Coupland, Julia Hippisley-Cox, Chris Robertson, Ben Humberstone, Jane Lyons, Christopher R Cardwell, Steven Kerr

“…Introduction The QCOVID algorithm is a risk prediction tool for infection and subsequent hospitalisation/death due to SARS-CoV-2. At the time of writing, it is being used in important policy-making decisions by the UK and devolved governments for combatting the COVID-19 pandemic, including deliberations on shielding and vaccine prioritisation. …”
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Development and application of decontamination methods for the re-use of laboratory grade plastic pipette tips. by Sang Hyuk Lee, William Kastor, Xiao Fu, Vikas Soni, Michael Keidar, Marc Donohue, Steve Wood, Enusha Karunasena

“…During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, a need for methods to decontaminate and reuse personal protective equipment (PPE) and medical plastics became a priority. …”
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Global Governance of Biogenic Threats by M. M. Lebedeva, D. A. Kuznetsov

“…The SARS-CoV-2 virus, which caused a pandemic in 2020, has posed not only a medical, economic and social threat, but also a challenge to international security and international cooperation. …”
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Organización de los medios auxiliares de diagnósticos durante la epidemia de la COVID 19. Centro Especializado Ambulatorio Héroes de Playa Girón, Cienfuegos. by Dayami García Torres, Pedro Sánchez Frenes, Mavis Portela Sánchez

“…<strong>Introducción:</strong> Durante la fase de prevención y enfrentamiento a la pandemia causada por el coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, el Centro Ambulatorio Especializado (CEA), transformó su habitual misión para brindar atención médica a sospechosos y enfermos de COVID-19. …”
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Long-term cognitive and autonomic effects of COVID-19 in young adults: a cross-sectional study at 28 months by Gopika Gopinath, Chinmay A. Suryavanshi, Pallavi L. C.

“…Objectives The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by SARS-CoV-2, has had profound global impacts since its emergence in late 2019. …”
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KINEZITERAPIJA PAGERINA COVID-19 LIGA PERSIRGUSIŲ ASMENŲ KVĖPAVIMO FUNKCIJAS, PUSIAUSVYRĄ IR FIZINĮ PAJĖGUMĄ by Laura Žlibinaitė, Ugnė Tolkevičiūtė, Diana Nemčiauskienė, Milda Gintilienė, Ligita Šilinė

“…Koronaviruso infekcija arba COVID-19 (angl. coronavirus disease 2019) yra liga, kurią sukelia koronavirusas SARS-CoV-2. Nors dauguma pacientų, sergančių COVID-19 liga, suserga lengva ar vidutine forma, maždaug 14 proc. serga sunkia ligos forma, dėl kurios juos reikia hospitalizuoti ir papildomai aprūpinti deguonimi, o 5 proc. – gydomi intensyviosios terapijos skyriuje. …”
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Conocimiento del personal de enfermería en bioseguridad y ventilación mecánica en pacientes con COVID-19 by Yamila Borrayo Segundo, Wilfredo Barbán Friera, Dublan Beess Nuviola, Ibrahim Brito Verdecia, Xiomara Casanova Acosta

“… Objetivo: Evaluar el nivel de conocimiento del personal de enfermería en bioseguridad y cuidados de enfermería durante la ventilación mecánica en pacientes con SARS/COVID-19 en la Atención Primaria de Salud. Municipio Centro Habana. …”
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COVID-19 Vaccination Status and Pregnancy Outcome during Third Wave by Madhusudan Dey, Shyamji Tiwari, Sunil Chawla, Pranjali Dhume, Abhijit Kumar, Priyanshi Chowdhary, Reshu Rawal

“…STUDY DESIGN: This study was conducted in Base Hospital Delhi Cantt, New Delhi, India during the third wave of SARS-CoV-2 i.e. from Jan 2022 to Mar 2022. All COVID-19-positive patients who were admitted for delivery were followed up till discharge from the hospital. …”
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A social ecological approach to identify the barriers and facilitators to COVID-19 vaccination acceptance: A scoping review. by Penny Lun, Jonathan Gao, Bernard Tang, Chou Chuen Yu, Khalid Abdul Jabbar, James Alvin Low, Pradeep Paul George

“…<h4>Background</h4>COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus that has caused substantial impact on population health, healthcare, and social and economic systems around the world. …”
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Predictive Immunological, Virological, and Routine Laboratory Markers for Critical COVID-19 on Admission by Mercedes García-Gasalla, Juana M. Ferrer, Pablo A. Fraile-Ribot, Adrián Ferre-Beltrán, Adrián Rodríguez, Natalia Martínez-Pomar, Luisa Ramon-Clar, Amanda Iglesias, Inés Losada-López, Francisco Fanjul, Joan Albert Pou, Isabel Llompart-Alabern, Nuria Toledo, Jaime Pons, Antonio Oliver, Melchor Riera, Javier Murillas

“…T, B, and NK cells were significantly decreased in critical patients. SARS-CoV-2 was not detected in blood except in 3 patients who had indeterminate results. …”
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Global elective breast- and colorectal cancer surgery performance backlogs, attributable mortality and implemented health system responses during the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping r... by Sonia Haribhai, Komal Bhatia, Maryam Shahmanesh

“…., adapted healthcare provision) and the utilisation of Outcomes (i.e., SARS-CoV-2 infection incidence among patients or healthcare personnel, postoperative pulmonary complication incidence, hospital readmission, length of hospital stay and tumour staging) as indicators of health system response efficacy. …”
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COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Impact on Perinatal Outcomes between Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Women by Inas Babic, Faten Alsomali, Sana Aljuhani, Sahar Baeissa, Inam Alhabib, Ebtisam AlAhmari, Magdy Omer, Khalid Alkhalifa

“…All pregnant women with positive reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test results for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) were enrolled, and their perinatal outcomes were analyzed in two groups based on whether they were symptomatic or not. …”
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Post-COVID-19 conditions and health effects in Africa: a scoping review by Mustapha Amoadu, Promise Kwame Salu, David N Banaaleh, Edward W Ansah, Martin S Daanko

“…Introduction The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has caused global devastations in social, economic and health systems of every nation, but disproportionately of nations in Africa. …”
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Aerosol-generating otolaryngology procedures and the need for enhanced PPE during the COVID-19 pandemic: a literature review by Paul Mick, Russell Murphy

“…Main body Health care workers in China who performed tracheotomy during the SARS-CoV-1 epidemic had 4.15 times greater odds of contracting the virus than controls who did not perform tracheotomy (95% CI 2.75–7.54). …”
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The Potential Use of Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Their Derived Exosomes as Immunomodulatory Agents for COVID-19 Patients by Faisal A. Alzahrani, Islam M. Saadeldin, Abrar Ahmad, Dipak Kumar, Esam I. Azhar, Arif Jamal Siddiqui, Bassem Kurdi, Abdulrahim Sajini, Abdulmajeed F. Alrefaei, Sadaf Jahan

“…A novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) causing lethal acute respiratory disease emerged in December 2019. …”
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Paediatric Contacts of Adult COVID-19 Patients: Clinical Parameters, Risk Factors, and Outcome by Ammara Farooq, Taimur Khalil Sheikh, Fibhaa Syed, Tehmina Mustafa

“…The main aim of this study was to assess the paediatric population exposed to SARS-CoV-2 infection, their clinical parameters, risk factors, and outcome. …”
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Proceso del cuidado enfermero aplicado en un adulto con insuficiencia respiratoria por COVID-19 by Iris Villasante Montes, Lisbeth Jazmín Espejo Ávila, Mercedes Consuelo Guerra Pacheco

“…Caso clínico: Paciente mujer adulto de 39 años, no tiene antecedentes de enfermedades anteriores, obesa, con IMC 38, resultados de test rápido SARS-CoV-2: Positivo IgM (+) IgG (+), al examen físico presenta P/A: 145/84, FC: 118 X’, FR 38X’, T: 38,8 ºC, SpO2: 88 % (máscara de reservorio a 15 litros), consciente y orientada, deshidratada, con taquipnea y con hipoventilación a la auscultación. …”
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Tunable control of Cas12 activity promotes universal and fast one-pot nucleic acid detection by Zhou-Hua Cheng, Xi-Yan Luo, Sheng-Song Yu, Di Min, Shu-Xia Zhang, Xiao-Fan Li, Jie-Jie Chen, Dong-Feng Liu, Han-Qing Yu

“…Such a robust method demonstrates sensitivity and specificity exceeding 95% in the detection of monkeypox pseudovirus, influenza A virus, and SARS-CoV-2 from saliva or wastewater samples, when compared with qPCR or RT-qPCR. …”
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New-onset Diabetes Mellitus among adults as sequelae of COVID-19 in selected tertiary care hospital, Puducherry – A cohort study by Venkatachalam Jayaseelan, Sitanshu Sekhar Kar, Mahadevan Duraiswamy, Manju Rajaram, Vikas Menon, Mukta Wyawahare, D.R. Veda Priya, Ravivarman Lakshmanasamy, Vanessa Ravel, Renjana Sivaji

“…Background: Diabetes Mellitus is one of the most common comorbidities in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). However, data on the incidence of Diabetes Mellitus among adults as post-COVID sequelae has been limited, and this study aims to determine the incidence and the associated factors of Diabetes Mellitus among adults who had COVID-19 infection. …”
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