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As infectious diseases such as SARS, Monkeypox, Polio, HIV, and Ebola travel the globe and garner media attention, Parasites Without Borders staff are curating resources in a timely, ongoing basis. We believe the information posted here is worthy of further examination by the science and medical communities. Our primary goal remains to bring the latest medical and biological information to the forefront for researchers and practicing physicians.

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December 15, 2022

Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication ― Afghanistan | Moderna Received FDA Emergency Use Authorization For Their Omicron-Targeting Bivalent Covid-19 Booster Vaccine In Children | Reduced Risk for Mpox After Receipt of 1 or 2 Doses of JYNNEOS Vaccine Compared with Risk Among Unvaccinated Persons | Authorized Updated (Bivalent) COVID-19 Vaccines for Children | Low neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2.75.2, BQ.1.1, and XBB.1 by parental mRNA vaccine or a BA.5-bivalent booster | Incidence of Viral Rebound After Treatment With Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir and Molnupiravir | The effectiveness of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine in the prevention of post–COVID-19 conditions | Reduced airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 BA.1 Omicron virus in Syrian hamsters
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December 8, 2022

SARS-CoV-2 Serology and Self-Reported Infection Among Adults — National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, United States, August 2021–May 2022 | Data-driven identification of post-acute SARS-CoV-2 infection subphenotypes | Serological markers of SARS-CoV-2 infection; anti-nucleocapsid antibody positivity may not be the ideal marker of natural infection in vaccinated individuals | Sensitivity of anti-SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein antibody for breakthrough infections during the epidemic of the Omicron variants | Mpox (formerly monkeypox) in women: epidemiological features and clinical characteristics of mpox cases in Spain, April to November 2022 | Triage of patients with Ebola virus disease
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December 1, 2022

Is the risk of still and preterm birth affected by the timing of symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy? | Effectiveness of Influenza Vaccination of Pregnant Women for Prevention of Maternal and Early Infant Influenza-Associated Hospitalizations in South Africa | A multivalent nucleoside-modified mRNA vaccine against all known influenza virus subtypes | Single and 2-dose vaccinations with modified vaccinia Ankara-Bavarian Nordic® induce durable B cell memory responses comparable to replicating smallpox vaccines | Cross-neutralization of Omicron subvariants after heterologous NVX-CoV2373 boosters: Comparison between prior SARS-CoV-2-infected and infection-naive individuals

November 24, 2022

Impact of community masking on COVID-19 | Human monkeypox virus infection in women and non-binary individuals during the 2022 outbreaks | What is the place in therapy for nirmatrelvir/ritonavir? | Effectiveness of Bivalent mRNA Vaccines in Preventing Symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection — Increasing Community Access to Testing Program, United States, September–November 2022
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November 16, 2022

Maternal Antibody Response and Transplacental Transfer Following Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection or Vaccination in Pregnancy | Tecovirimat is effective against human monkeypox virus in vitro at nanomolar concentrations | Acute and postacute sequelae associated with SARS-CoV-2 reinfection
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November 09, 2022

Low Risk of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Transmission by Fomites: A Clinical Observational Study in Highly Infectious Coronavirus Disease 2019 | Nucleocapsid Antigenemia Is a Marker of Acute SARS-CoV-2 Infection | Imprinted SARS-CoV-2 humoral immunity induces convergent Omicron RBD evolution | Can SARS-CoV-2 trigger new onset of autoimmune disease in adults? A case-based review | Protection against Omicron from Vaccination and Previous Infection in a Prison System | Nirmatrelvir and the Risk of Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19

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