Focus on Infectious Disease
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Meaning: Vaccination with an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine was significantly less likely among patients with COVID-19 hospitalization and with disease progression, consistent with risk reduction among vaccine breakthrough infections

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Association of Antineoplastic Therapy With Decreased SARS-CoV-2 Infection Rates in Patients With Cancer - PubMed

Association of Antineoplastic Therapy With Decreased SARS-CoV-2 Infection Rates in Patients With Cancer - PubMed

Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34410305/

1 Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York. 2 Resphera Biosciences, Baltimore, Maryland. 3 Department of Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York,...



Conclusions and relevance: In this cohort study, in silico analysis of drug-associated gene expression signatures identified potential ACE2-lowering antineoplastic compounds, including mTOR/PI3K inhibitors and antimetabolites. Patients who received these compounds exhibited statistically significantly lower rates of SARS-CoV-2 infection...

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Conclusion: Lymphocytes and monocyte ratios inpatient with COVID-19 infection can be used as predictors for the severity of infection. Increased leukocyte count resulted in increases in platelets inpatient with COVID-19.

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  • Prenatal SARS-CoV-2 infection triggers NF-κB-dependent immune activation
  • Pregnant women with severe COVID-19 show antiviral IFN-λ signaling
  • SARS-CoV-2 infection re-shapes maternal immunity at delivery
  • COVID-19-exposed infants exhibit altered neonatal immunity at birth

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Emergent SARS-CoV-2 variants: comparative replication dynamics and high sensitivity to thapsigargin

Emergent SARS-CoV-2 variants: comparative replication dynamics and high sensitivity to thapsigargin

Source : https://doi.org/10.1080/21505594.2021.2006960

Abstract Abstract The struggle to control the COVID-19 pandemic is made challenging by the emergence of virulent SARS-CoV-2 variants. To gain insight into their replication dynamics, emergent Alpha (A), Beta...



In conclusion, against the current backdrop of the dominant D variant that could be further complicated by co-infection synergy with new variants, the growing list of viruses susceptible to TG, a promising host-centric antiviral, now includes a spectrum of contemporary SARS-CoV-2 viruses.