The association between vaccination status identification and societal polarization - Nature Human Behaviour
Source : https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-022-01469-6
Public discord between those vaccinated and those unvaccinated for COVID-19 has intensified globally. Theories of intergroup relations propose that identifying with one's social group plays a key role in the...
The findings confirm that vaccination status identification (VSI) explains substantial variance in a range of polarizing attitudes and behaviours. VSI was also related to higher psychological reactance toward mandatory vaccination policies among the unvaccinated. Higher levels of VSI reduced the gap between intended and actual...
Exome-wide association study to identify rare variants influencing COVID-19 outcomes: Results from the Host Genetics Initiative
Source : https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1010367
Author summary COVID-19 clinical outcomes vary immensely, but a patient's genetic make-up is an important determinant of how they will fare against the virus. While many genetic variants commonly found...
These results further support TLR7 as a genetic determinant of severe disease and suggest that larger studies on rare variants influencing COVID-19 outcomes could provide additional insights.
Conclusions and Relevance: This study presents modeled estimates of the proportion of individuals with at least 1 of 3 self-reported Long COVID symptom clusters (persistent fatigue with bodily pain or mood swings; cognitive problems; or ongoing respiratory problems) 3 months after symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Inspiratory muscle training enhances recovery post-COVID-19: a randomised controlled trial - PubMed
Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35236727/
IMT may represent an important home-based rehabilitation strategy for wider implementation as part of COVID-19 rehabilitative strategies. Given the diverse nature of long COVID, further research is warranted on the...
Conclusions: IMT may represent an important home-based rehabilitation strategy for wider implementation as part of COVID-19 rehabilitative strategies. Given the diverse nature of long COVID, further research is warranted on the individual responses to rehabilitation; the withdrawal rate herein highlights that no one strategy is likely to be...
Coinfection by influenza A virus and respiratory syncytial virus produces hybrid virus particles - Nature Microbiology
Source : https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-022-01242-5
Interactions between respiratory viruses during infection affect transmission dynamics and clinical outcomes. To identify and characterize virus-virus interactions at the cellular level, we coinfected human lung cells with influenza A...
Our observations define a previously unknown interaction between respiratory viruses that might affect virus pathogenesis by expanding virus tropism and enabling immune evasion.