Acute and post-acute COVID-19 presentations in athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Source : https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2022-105583
Objective To describe acute/postacute COVID-19 presentations in athletes. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Data sources The search was conducted in four databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, SCOPUS, SPORTDiscus) and restricted to studies...
Conclusion: This broad characterisation of COVID-19 presentations in athletes indicates that ~94% exhibited mild or no acute symptoms. The available evidence did not confirm a causal relationship between COVID-19 and myocardial involvement. A small proportion of athletes experienced persistent symptoms while recovering from infection, which...
Rapid Diagnostic Testing for Response to the Monkeypox Outbreak ..
Source : https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7128e1.htm?s_cid=mm7128e1_w
On July 8, 2022, this report was posted online as an MMWR Early Release. Tricia A. Aden 1; Patricia Blevins, MPH 1; Shannon Whitman York, PhD 1; Stacy Rager 1;...
Summary:
What is already known on this topic?
The Laboratory Response Network (LRN) includes U.S. laboratories validated to perform the non-variola Orthopoxvirus (NVO) assay.
What is added by this report?
During May 17–June 30, 2022, LRN laboratories tested 2,009 specimens from patients with suspected monkeypox. Among these, 730...
Homogeneous surrogate virus neutralization assay to rapidly assess neutralization activity of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies - Nature Communications
Source : https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-31300-9
The COVID-19 pandemic triggered the development of numerous diagnostic tools to monitor infection and to determine immune response. Although assays to measure binding antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 are widely available, more...
The results obtained with our assay and other neutralization assays are comparable but with significantly shorter preparation and run time for Neu-SATiN. As the assay is modular, we further demonstrate that Neu-SATiN enables rapid assessment of the effectiveness of vaccines and level of protection against existing SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern...
Nearly One in Five American Adults Who Have Had COVID-19 Still Have "Long COVID"
Source : https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/nchs_press_releases/2022/20220622.htm
New data from the Household Pulse Survey show that more than 40% of adults in the United States reported having COVID-19 in the past, and nearly one in five of...
For all U.S. adults, the new data show:
Overall, 1 in 13 adults in the U.S. (7.5%) have “long COVID” symptoms, defined as symptoms lasting three or more months after first contracting the virus, and that they didn’t have prior to their COVID-19 infection.
Older adults are less likely to have long COVID than younger adults. Nearly three...
Nitric oxide boosts oxygen in pregnant women with COVID-19 pneumonia
Inhaled high-dose nitric oxide (INO 200) safely shortened time on supplemental oxygen and hospital stays among pregnant women diagnosed as having severe bilateral COVID-19 pneumonia, suggests a new study led...
"Being able to wean patients from respiratory support quicker could have other profound implications, including reducing stress on women and their families, lowering the risk of hospital-acquired infections, and relieving the burden on the health care system," Berra said. "We hope more physicians will consider incorporating it into carefully...