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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August 30, 2024

Effectiveness of Historical Smallpox Vaccination against Mpox Clade II in Men in Denmark, France, the Netherlands and Spain, 2022 | Pemivibart is Less Active against Recent SARS-CoV-2 JN.1 Sublineages | U.S. Real-World Effectiveness Study of Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir in Preventing Hospitalization of High-Risk COVID-19 Patients | COVID-19 and Mental Illnesses in Vaccinated and Unvaccinated People | Post-acute COVID-19 Outcomes Including Participant-reported Long COVID: Amubarvimab/romlusevimab versus Placebo in the ACTIV-2 Trial
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August 22, 2024

What Is the Economic Benefit of Annual COVID-19 Vaccination From the Adult | Early COVID-19 XBB.1.5 Vaccine Effectiveness Against Hospitalisation Among Adults Targeted for Vaccination, VEBIS Hospital Network, Europe, October 2023–January 2024 | Uptake of COVID-19 vaccines and association with hospitalisation due to COVID-19 in pregnancy: Retrospective cohort study | The Novavax Heterologous Coronavirus Disease 2019 Booster Demonstrates Lower Reactogenicity Than Messenger | Characterizing Long COVID in Children and Adolescents
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August 15, 2024

Onward Virus Transmission after Measles Secondary Vaccination Failure | Single Monoclonal Antibodies Should Not be Used for COVID-19 Therapy: A Call for Antiviral Stewardship | Differentiation of Prior SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Postacute Sequelae by Standard Clinical Laboratory Measurements in the RECOVER Cohort | Risk Factors for Long COVID Syndrome in Postmenopausal Women with Previously Reported Diagnosis of COVID-19 | Long-COVID Symptom Monitoring: Insights from a Two-year Telemedicine Study
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August 1, 2024

Personal Protective Effect of Wearing Surgical Face Masks in Public Spaces on Self-reported Respiratory Symptoms in Adults | Cohort Study of Cardiovascular Safety of Different COVID-19 Vaccination Doses among 46 million Adults in England | Real-world comparative effectiveness of a third dose of mRNA-1273 versus BNT162b2 among adults aged ≥ 65 years | Incidence of Diabetes after SARS-CoV-2 Infection in England | Post-COVID-19 Respiratory Sequelae Two Years after Hospitalization | Incidence of Hearing Loss Following COVID-19 among Young Adults in South Korea | The Effect of Long-term COVID-19 Infection on Maternal and Fetal Complications
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July 24, 2024

Insights from an N3C RECOVER EHR-based Cohort Study Characterizing SARS-CoV-2 Reinfections and Long COVID | Cost-effectiveness of COVID Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Patients with Severe/Critical Illness in Low- and Middle-income Countries: A Modeling Study | Durability of Protection Against COVID-19 Through the Delta Surge for the NVX-CoV2373 Vaccine | Combined Protection of Vaccination and Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir Against Hospitalization in Adults With COVID-19 | Tracking cognitive trajectories in older survivors of COVID-19 up to 2.5 years post-infection

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