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The ‘invented persona’ behind a key pandemic database
When Jeremy Kamil started to sequence samples of the rapidly spreading pandemic coronavirus in the spring of 2020, it was clear where he should deposit the genetic data: in GISAID , a long-running database for influenza genomes that had established itself as the go-to repository for SARS-CoV-2 as well. Kamil, a virologist at Louisiana State University’s (LSU’s) Health Sciences Center Shreveport, says he quickly struck up a friendly relationship with a Steven Meyers, who used a gisaid.org email address. The two often exchanged emails and talked on the phone, sometimes for hours, about the pandemic and data sh...
Source: ScienceNOW - April 19, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news

IJERPH, Vol. 20, Pages 521: Self-Assessed Personality Traits and Adherence to the COVID-19 Lockdown
Conclusions: Taking the basic demographic characteristics as well as working and health environment conditions traits into account may be helpful when forecasting epidemiological compliance during a pandemic, as well as in other public health tasks. The key role of self-assessed personality traits was not confirmed in this study. Reliability of the results is limited by significant disproportions in the size of the study groups.
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - December 28, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Jakub Jan Rojek Przemys ław Waszak Ilona Bidzan-Bluma Aleksandra Sanewska Joanna St ępień Tomasz Michalski Liliana Lorettu Roberta Meloni Che-Sheng Chu Myriam Abboud Jakub Grabowski Tags: Article Source Type: research

Professional practice, competence, and education related to COVID-19: A mixed-methods light study of physiotherapists' experiences
CONCLUSIONS: PTs who have direct experience with patients with COVID-19 showed great resilience. They overcame the first phase of disorientation and fear, despite a specific lack of competence in the respiratory field.PMID:36369771 | DOI:10.1080/09593985.2022.2142083
Source: Physiotherapy Theory and Practice - November 12, 2022 Category: Physiotherapy Authors: Michela Bozzolan Elisa Bighi Antonella Occhi Silvia Mottaran Giulia Simoni Giorgia Valpiani Sandra Bombardi Marco Da Roit Source Type: research

Epidemiological and clinical aspects of hepatitis B virus infection in Italy over the last 50 years
World J Gastroenterol. 2022 Jul 14;28(26):3081-3091. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v28.i26.3081.ABSTRACTA relevant gradual reduction of both the incidence rate of acute hepatitis B (AHB) and prevalence of chronic hepatitis B has occurred in Italy in the last 50 years, due to substantial epidemiological changes: Improvement in socioeconomic and hygienic conditions, reduction of the family unit, accurate screening of blood donations, abolition of re-usable glass syringes, hepatitis B virus (HBV)-universal vaccination started in 1991, use of effective well tolerated nucleo(t)side analogues able to suppress HBV replication available from 1...
Source: World Journal of Gastroenterology : WJG - September 2, 2022 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Caterina Sagnelli Antonello Sica Massimiliano Creta Armando Calogero Massimo Ciccozzi Evangelista Sagnelli Source Type: research