Weekly Clinical Updates

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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July 21, 2022

Children and COVID-19: State level Data Report | SARS-CoV-2 Variant Vaccine Boosters Trial: Preliminary Analyses | Novavax NVX-COV2373 triggers potent neutralization of Omicron sub-lineages | CDC Recommends Novavax’s COVID-19 Vaccine for Adults | Paxlovid in patients who are immunocompromised and hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 infection | Inhaled Fluticasone for Outpatient Treatment of Covid-19: A Decentralized, Placebo-controlled, Randomized, Platform Clinical Trial
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July 14, 2022

Neurovascular injury with complement activation and inflammation in COVID-19 | Factors Associated with Severe Outcomes Among Immunocompromised Adults Hospitalized for COVID-19 — COVID-NET, 10 States, March 2020–February 2022 | Antibody evasion by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants BA.2.12.1, BA.4, & BA.5 | Broadly-Neutralizing Antibodies Against Emerging SARS-CoV-2 Variants | Parental COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Diverse Communities: A National Survey | Oral Sabizabulin for High-Risk, Hospitalized Adults with Covid-19: Interim Analysis | Rapid Diagnostic Testing for Response to the Monkeypox Outbreak — Laboratory Response Network, United States, May 17–June 30, 2022
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July 8, 2022

Mild respiratory COVID can cause multi-lineage neural cell and myelin dysregulation | Health Impairments in Children and Adolescents After Hospitalization for Acute COVID-19 or MIS-C | Duration of Shedding of Culturable Virus in SARS-CoV-2 Omicron (BA.1) Infection | Children and COVID-19: State level Data Report | COVID-19 rebound after Paxlovid and Molnupiravir during January-June 2022 | Comparative Effectiveness of the SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines During Delta | In adults hospitalized with COVID-19, high- vs low-dose venous thromboprophylaxis reduces venous thromboembolism but increases major bleeding
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June 30, 2022

Children and COVID-19: State level Data Report | Effect of a 2-week interruption in methotrexate treatment versus continued treatment on COVID-19 booster vaccine immunity in adults with inflammatory conditions (VROOM study): a randomized, open label, superiority trial | Pediatric SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence in Arkansas Over the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Antibody Responses to SARS-CoV-2 in Children With COVID-19 | All-Cause Maternal Mortality in the US Before vs During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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June 23, 2022

Outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 Reinfection | Children and COVID-19: State level Data Report | CDC Recommends COVID-19 Vaccines for Young Children | Evaluating clinical effectiveness of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in solid organ transplant recipients: A propensity score matched analysis | Therapeutic efficacy of monoclonal antibodies and antivirals against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 in Syrian hamsters | Rebound Phenomenon after Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir Treatment of Coronavirus Disease-2019 in High-Risk Persons | Hospitalization and Emergency Department Encounters for COVID-19 After Paxlovid Treatment — California, December 2021–May 2022
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June 16, 2022

Ivermectin for Treatment of Mild-to-Moderate COVID-19 in the Outpatient Setting: A Decentralized, Placebo-controlled, Randomized, Platform Clinical Trial | Persistence of residual SARS-CoV-2 viral antigen and RNA in tissues of patients with long COVID-19 | Intramuscular AZD7442 (Tixagevimab–Cilgavimab) for Prevention of Covid-19 | Rebound Phenomenon after Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir Treatment of Coronavirus Disease-2019 in High-Risk Persons | The anti-SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibody, bamlanivimab, minimally impacts the endogenous immune response to COVID-19 vaccination

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