A new pandemic caused by the betacoronavirus SARS-CoV-2 originated in China in late 2019. Although often asymptomatic, a relevant percentage of affected people can develop severe pneumonia. Initial evidence suggests […]
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 […]
Predicting outcomes of COVID-19 from admission biomarkers: a prospective UK cohort study.
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 […]
SARS-CoV-2 sero-prevalence among general population and healthcare workers in India, December 2020 – January 2021.
Earlier serosurveys in India revealed SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence of 0.73% during May-June and 7.1% during August-September 2020. We conducted the third serosurvey during Dec 2020 and Jan 2021, to estimate the […]
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 […]
Precipitation dynamics of surrogate respiratory sessile droplets leading to possible fomites.
The droplets ejected from an infected host during expiratory events can get deposited as fomites on everyday use surfaces. Recognizing that these fomites can be a secondary route for disease […]
Preventing SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the emergency department by implementing a separate pathway for patients with respiratory conditions.
This study aimed to describe the development and implementation of a separated pathway to check and treat patients with a suspected/confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the emergency department (ED) […]
Rapid and highly sensitive one-tube colorimetric RT-LAMP assay for visual detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) is a highly contagious disease. To tame the continuously raging outbreak of COVID-19, developing a cheap, rapid […]
[Hospital inhouse contact tracing-significant impact to patient care during the coronavirus pandemic].
As part of the SARS-CoV‑2 pandemic, the district of Heinsberg developed into an infectiological epicentre for Germany in February 2020. Our hospital, which is located in the immediate vicinity, reacted […]