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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October 17, 2024

Relative Effectiveness and Waning of a Third Dose of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine in Medicare Beneficiaries | Remdesivir-associated Survival Outcomes among Immunocompromised Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19 | Remdesivir Effectiveness in Reducing the Risk of 30-day Readmission in Vulnerable Patients | Measurement of Circulating Viral Antigens Post-SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Multicohort Study | Driving Under the Cognitive Influence of COVID-19 | Long COVID Facts and Findings
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October 10, 2024

The Platform Trial In COVID-19 Priming and BOOsting (PICOBOO) | COVID-19 Is a Coronary Artery Disease Risk Equivalent and Exhibits a Genetic Interaction With ABO Blood Type | Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping at 7 T in COVID-19: Brainstem Effects and Outcome Associations
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October 3, 2024

Ziresovir in Hospitalized Infants with Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection | SARS-CoV-2-specific Plasma Cells are Not Durably Established in the Bone Marrow Long-lived Compartment after mRNA Vaccination | Effects of Losartan on Patients Hospitalized for Acute COVID-19 | Mechanisms of Long COVID and the Path Toward Therapeutics | Post-hospitalization COVID-19 Cognitive Deficits
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September 26, 2024

Genetic Tracing of Market Wildlife and Viruses at the Epicenter of the COVID-19 Pandemic | Lower Mortality Risk Associated with Remdesivir + Dexamethasone versus Dexamethasone Alone for the Treatment of Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19 | Changes in Memory and Cognition During the SARS-CoV-2 Human Challenge Study
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September 19, 2024

Tecovirimat Use under Expanded Access to Treat Mpox in the United States, 2022–2023 | Effectiveness of Updated 2023–2024 (Monovalent XBB.1.5) COVID-19 Vaccination Against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron XBB and BA.2.86/JN.1 Lineage Hospitalization and a Comparison of Clinical Severity—IVY Network, 26 Hospitals, 18 October 2023–9 March 2024
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September 12, 2024

Comparison of protection against mpox following mRNA or modified vaccinia Ankara vaccination in nonhuman primates | Association Between SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load and COVID-19 Vaccination in 4 Phase 3 Trials | Health outcomes 3 months and 6 months after molnupiravir treatment for COVID-19 for people at higher risk in the community (PANORAMIC): a randomised controlled trial

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World Health Organization (WHO)

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Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at JHU
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1Point3Acres Real-Time Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates in US and Canada with Credible Sources
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Centers for Disease Control, US

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International Society for Infectious Diseases

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