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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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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November 2, 2022

Severe Monkeypox in Hospitalized Patients — United States, August 10–October 10, 2022 | Reinfections with Different SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Subvariants, France (CDC) | In adults with COVID-19, melatonin was assessed for effects on inflammatory markers, clinical signs and symptoms, and mortality | Influenza Incidence and Vaccine Effectiveness During the Southern Hemisphere Influenza Season — Chile, 2022 | Nirsevimab for Prevention of RSV in Healthy Late-Preterm and Term Infants | Unadjuvanted intranasal spike vaccine elicits protective mucosal immunity against sarbecoviruses
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October 27, 2022

Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication — Pakistan, January 2021–July 2022 | Polio by the Numbers—A Global Perspective | Phase 1/2a Safety and Immunogenicity of an Adenovirus 26 Vector RSV Vaccine Encoding Prefusion F in Adults 18–50 Years and RSV Seropositive Children 12–24 Months | Receipt of First and Second Doses of JYNNEOS Vaccine for Prevention of Monkeypox — United States, May 22–October 10, 2022 | Novavax NVX-COV2373 triggers potent neutralization of Omicron sub-lineages
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October 20, 2022

Adverse Childhood Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Associations with Poor Mental Health and Suicidal Behaviors Among High School Students | Severe COVID-19 outcomes after full vaccination of primary schedule and initial boosters: pooled analysis of national prospective cohort studies of 30 million individuals in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales | Successful immunomodulators for treatment of COVID-19 have opened the pathway for comparative trials | Prediction of upcoming global infection burden of influenza seasons after relaxation of public health and social measures during the COVID-19 pandemic
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October 13, 2022

A healthcare-associated infection with Monkeypox virus of a healthcare worker during the 2022 outbreak | Tolerability and immunogenicity of an intranasally-administered adenovirus-vectored COVID-19 vaccine: An open-label partially-randomized ascending dose phase I trial | Clinical, Virologic, and Immunologic Evaluation of Symptomatic Coronavirus Disease 2019 Rebound Following Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir Treatment | Early outpatient treatment with remdesivir in patients at high risk for severe COVID-19: a prospective cohort study

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