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Viruses, Vol. 15, Pages 1933: Unraveling the Dynamics of Omicron (BA.1, BA.2, and BA.5) Waves and Emergence of the Deltacton Variant: Genomic Epidemiology of the SARS-CoV-2 Epidemic in Cyprus (Oct 2021 & ndash;Oct 2022)
This study offers a comprehensive assessment spanning genetic, phylogenetic, phylodynamic, and phylogeographic dimensions, focused on the trajectory of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Cyprus. Based on a dataset comprising 4700 viral genomic sequences obtained from affected individuals between October 2021 and October 2022, our analysis is presented. Over this timeframe, a total of 167 distinct lineages and sublineages emerged, including variants such as Delta and Omicron (1, 2, and 5). Notably, during the fifth wave of infections, Omicron subvariants 1 and 2 gained prominence, followed by the ascendancy of Omicron 5 in the subs...
Source: Viruses - September 15, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Andreas C. Chrysostomou Bram Vrancken Christos Haralambous Maria Alexandrou Ioanna Gregoriou Marios Ioannides Costakis Ioannou Olga Kalakouta Christos Karagiannis Markella Marcou Christina Masia Michail Mendris Panagiotis Papastergiou Philippos C. Patsali Tags: Article Source Type: research
Changing Molecular Profiles of Human Cryptosporidiosis Cases in Scotland as a Result of the Coronavirus Disease, COVID-19 Pandemic
This report assessed the impact of the pandemic on Scottish cryptosporidiosis cases, and identified changes in circulating molecular variants of Cryptosporidium species. Molecular data generated using real time PCR and GP60 nested-PCR assays on laboratory-confirmed cryptosporidiosis cases reported during 2018-22 were analysed. The Scottish Microbiology Reference Laboratories (SMiRL), Glasgow, received 774 Cryptosporidium-positive faeces during 2018-22, of which 486 samples were successfully subtyped. During this time period, C. hominis (n = 155; 21%) and C. parvum (n = 572; 77%) were the most commonly detected species. The...
Source: British Journal of Biomedical Science - September 13, 2023 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Ross Bacchetti Lisa Connelly Lynda Browning Claire L Alexander Source Type: research
Post-hospital recovery trajectories of family members of critically ill COVID-19 survivors: an international qualitative investigation
ConclusionsThis international qualitative investigation has demonstrated the challenges which family members of patients hospitalised with a critical care COVID-19 admission experience following hospital discharge. Specific support mechanisms which could include peer support networks, should be implemented for family members to ensure ongoing needs are met.
Source: Intensive Care Medicine - September 12, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Source Type: research
The Fatal Breath: Covid-19 and Society in Britain by David Vincent review – a moving account of the plague of our times
This bold and forensic history of the pandemic, drawing on previously unpublished diaries, underlines the sheer scale of suffering, with the poor and isolated particularly badly hitCovid-19 is the best documented pandemic in history. From the moment it became clear that the coronavirus would trigger a series of global lockdowns, every twist and turn in the pandemic has been chronicled in blogs, diaries and by print and digital media.The desire to historicise the event has been just as urgent. As early as March 2020, the Pulitzer prize-winning writer Thomas Friedman declared that Covid-19 was “our new historical divide”...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 10, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Mark Honigsbaum Tags: Science and nature books Coronavirus Culture Infectious diseases Source Type: news
Person-centred critical care for a person with learning disability and COVID-19: case study of positive risk taking
Br J Nurs. 2023 Sep 7;32(16):776-784. doi: 10.12968/bjon.2023.32.16.776.ABSTRACTPeople with learning disabilities are known to experience a wide range of health inequalities and have a lower life expectancy than the general population. During the COVID-19 pandemic this extended to higher mortality rates following infection with the novel coronavirus. This case study presents an example of a positive outcome for Jade, a 21-year-old woman with learning disabilities and autism who required a long period in intensive care following COVID-19 infection. It demonstrates the impact of effective multidisciplinary collaboration invo...
Source: British Journal of Nursing - September 8, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Penny Clarke Rachel Brannan Scott Taylor Juliet MacArthur Source Type: research
