COVID-19 has an unpredictable clinical course, so prognostic biomarkers would be invaluable when triaging patients on admission to hospital. Many biomarkers have been suggested using large observational datasets but sample […]
Non-ABO red cell antibodies and risk of COVID-19.
It is not known whether non-ABO antibodies confers any protective effect against SARS-CoV-2 infection or COVID-19 severe illness, alone, or in conjunction with O blood group. This cohort study included […]
Measles Vaccination Rates Decrease During COVID-19
Despite recommendations that children maintain their approved vaccination schedule during the COVID-19 pandemic, rates have decreased in several states.
Texas A&M University (TAMU) School of Public Health and other research institutions looked at childhood immunization rates in Texas to see how childhood immunizations changed over ten years at four age milestones: one month, five months, 16 months, and 24 months.
Dynamic deformable attention network (DDANet) for COVID-19 lesions semantic segmentation.
Deep learning based medical image segmentation is an important step within diagnosis, which relies strongly on capturing sufficient spatial context without requiring too complex models that are hard to train […]
Identifying the predictors of Covid-19 infection outcomes and development of prediction models.
The infection of Corona Virus Disease (Covid-19) is challenging health problems worldwide. COVID-19 pandemic is spreading all over the world with the number of infected cases increased to 54.4 million […]
Risk factors for persistent abnormality on chest radiographs at 12-weeks post hospitalisation with PCR confirmed COVID-19.
The long-term consequences of COVID-19 remain unclear. There is concern a proportion of patients will progress to develop pulmonary fibrosis. We aimed to assess the temporal change in CXR infiltrates […]
A Eulogy for Dr. Francisco Miguel Marty Forero.
As some of those who were lucky enough to have been mentored by Dr. Francisco Marty in transplant infectious diseases, we stand with the larger medical community in mourning his […]
Coping with COVID-19: An Examination of the Role of (Non)Religiousness/(Non)Spirituality.
Psychological distress and coping strategies employed during collective trauma events may vary for theists and atheists, as well as others along the (non)religious spectrum. The present study explored these differences […]
C-reactive protein and procalcitonin for antimicrobial stewardship in COVID-19.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread around the world. Differentiation between pure viral COVID-19 pneumonia and secondary infection can be challenging. In […]
Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in France: results from nationwide serological surveillance.
Assessment of the cumulative incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infections is critical for monitoring the course and extent of the COVID-19 epidemic. Here, we report estimated seroprevalence in the French population and […]