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 […]
Development of leading first-generation vaccines against SARS-CoV-2.
SARS-CoV-2 has infected more than 152 million individuals globally. Highly effective and safe vaccines are required to accelerate the development of herd immunity to end the pandemic. This review focuses […]
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 […]
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 […]