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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January 11, 2021

SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load on Admission Is Associated With 30-Day Mortality | Cognitive deficits in people who have recovered from COVID-19 relative to controls: An N=84,285 online study | Duration and key determinants of infectious virus shedding in hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19)
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January 4, 2021

Reports of “Long-COVID”, are rising: Attributes and predictors of "Long COVID" | Afucosylated IgG characterizes enveloped viral responses and correlates with COVID-19 severity | More people are getting COVID-19 twice, suggesting immunity wanes quickly in some | Induction of alarmin S100A8/A9 mediates activation of aberrant neutrophils in the pathogenesis of COVID-19 | ApoE isoform-dependent SARS-CoV-2 neurotropism and cellular response

December 28, 2020

A distinct innate immune signature marks progression from mild to severe COVID-19 | Induction of alarmin S100A8/A9 mediates activation of aberrant neutrophils in the pathogenesis of COVID-19 | Discordant neutralizing antibody and T cell responses in asymptomatic and mild SARS-CoV-2 infection

December 22, 2020

Veterans Health Administration COVID-19 (VACO) Index for COVID-19 Mortality | V-safe After Vaccination Health Checker | COVID-19 Vaccines and Severe Allergic Reactions | FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization for Second COVID-19 Vaccine | K reports new variant, termed VUI 202012/01

December 14, 2020

Repurposed Antiviral Drugs for Covid-19 — Interim WHO Solidarity Trial Results | Safety and efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine against SARS-CoV-2: an interim analysis of four randomized controlled trials in Brazil, South Africa, and the UK | FDA issues Emergency Use Authorization for first COVID-19 vaccine

December 7, 2020

Olfactory transmucosal SARS-CoV-2 invasion as a port of central nervous system entry in individuals with COVID-19 | The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ Interim Recommendation for Allocating Initial Supplies of COVID-19 Vaccine — United States, 2020 | Updated CDC guidance on when to quarantine

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