Categoria: Novità

Stella T. Lartey et al. Evaluation of Unintended Consequences of COVID-19 Pandemic Restrictions and Obesity Prevalence Among Youths JAMA, July 2023; doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.23596 Abstract Childhood obesity is linked to adulthood obesity and to childhood and adulthood noncommunicable diseases.1,2 Pandemic restrictions imposed in early 2020 contributed to decreased physical activity, reduced access to healthy foods, and increased…

Sok-Ja Janket et al Tachykinins and the potential causal factors for post-COVID-19 condition The Lancet, June 2023 ; doi.org/10.1016/S2666-5247(23)00111-8 Abstract The most prevalent symptoms of post-COVID-19 condition are pulmonary dysfunction, fatigue and muscle weakness, anxiety, anosmia, dysgeusia, headaches, difficulty in concentrating, sexual dysfunction, and digestive disturbances. Hence, neurological dysfunction and autonomic impairments predominate in post-COVID-19 condition.…

Arianna G. Cassidy et al. Assessment of Adverse Reactions, Antibody Patterns, and 12-month Outcomes in the Mother-Infant Dyad After COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination in Pregnancy JAMA, July 2023; doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.23405 Abstract Importance  Longitudinal data on COVID-19 messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine reactogenicity and immunogenicity in pregnancy and for the mother-infant dyad are needed. Objective  To examine COVID-19 mRNA…

Marc Raad et al. Stenotrophomonasmaltophilia pneumonia in critical COVID-19 patients Nature, February 2023; doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-28438-x Abstract Stenotrophomonasmaltophilia, an environmental aerobic non-fermentative Gram-negative bacilli, has gained attention in many nosocomial outbreaks. COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit have extended hospital stay and are severely immunosuppressed. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and risk factors of S.…

Yang Yang et al. Viral and antibody dynamics of acute infection with SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant (B.1.529): a prospective cohort study from Shenzhen, China The Lancet, July 2023; doi.org/10.1016/S2666-5247(23)00139-8 Abstract Elucidating viral dynamics within the host is important for designing public health measures against SARS-CoV-2, particularly during the early stages of infection when transmission potential rapidly…

Elizabeth Nalintya et al. Effect of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Lockdowns on Identification of Advanced Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease in Outpatient Clinics in Uganda CID, February 2023 ; doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciad087 Abstract Using data from 67 Ugandan human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) clinics (July 2019–January 2022), we report a 40% (1005/1662) reduction in the number of people with HIV presenting…

Hugues Allard-Chamard et al. Extrafollicular IgD−CD27−CXCR5−CD11c− DN3 B cells infiltrate inflamed tissues in autoimmune fibrosis and in severe COVID-19 Cell, May 2023; doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112630 Abstract Although therapeutic B cell depletion dramatically resolves inflammation in many diseases in which antibodies appear not to play a central role, distinct extrafollicular pathogenic B cell subsets that accumulate in disease…

Eugenio Paglino et al. Monthly excess mortality across counties in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, March 2020 to February 2022 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adf9742 Abstract Excess mortality is the difference between expected and observed mortality in a given period and has emerged as a leading measure of the COVID-19 pandemic’s mortality impact. Spatially and temporally granular…