Proinflammatory status of oral fluid in COVID-19 by I. A. Borodina, O. A. Gusyakova, I. A. Selezneva, F. N. Gilmiyarova, A. A. Ereshchenko, O. A. Baldina, N. A. Kolotyeva, O. V. Borisova

“…Direct detection of their content in the oral fluid makes this method relevant, and potentially demanded for the outpatient diagnostics, being highly important during pandemics of coronavirus infection and limited medical resources. …”
Get full text

Factors associated with COVID-19 booster vaccine willingness among migrants from the Eastern Mediterranean living in Australia: a cross-sectional study by Keeley Allen, Stephen B. Lambert, Aidan Yuen, Davoud Pourmarzi

“…Addressing vaccine concerns and transparent communication about uncertainty should be a priority in the current and in future pandemics.…”
Get full text

Virtual Reality in the acute psychiatry ward: a pilot study by J. I. Mena, B. Andrés, I. Hernandez, A. Bastidas, E. Cesari, I. Ochandiano, S. Salmerón, P. Barrio

“… Introduction New technologies have been steadily impacting and redefining the health care landscape over the last decades, a process recently enhanced by the covid-19 pandemics . VR is an advanced media that can simulate highly realistic virtual environments, providing a high sense of immersion (the feeling of “being really there”). …”
Get full text

Impact of the COVID-19 virus outbreak on movement and play behaviours of Canadian children and youth: a national survey by Sarah A. Moore, Guy Faulkner, Ryan E. Rhodes, Mariana Brussoni, Tala Chulak-Bozzer, Leah J. Ferguson, Raktim Mitra, Norm O’Reilly, John C. Spence, Leigh M. Vanderloo, Mark S. Tremblay

“…These findings can guide efforts to preserve and promote child health during the COVID-19 outbreak and crisis recovery period, and to inform strategies to mitigate potential harm during future pandemics.…”
Get full text

Pro-inflammatory Effects of Influenza Type A Virus PB1-F2 Protein-derived Peptide in Lipopolysaccharide-treated Macrophages by Kurosh Kalantar, Zahra Farzaneh, Nasser Gholijani, Seyed Younes Hosseini, Ebrahim Bani Hasan

“…Influenza A virus (IAV) has the potential to cause pandemics with considerable health and socio-economic burdens. …”
Get full text

Perceived Risk of COVID-19 and Related Factors Among University Students in Ethiopia During School Reopening by Tadese M, Haile AB, Moltot T, Silesh M

“…Television (59.8%) and Telegram (66.6%) were the primary sources of information, while the World Health Organization (68.3%) was the most trusted source of information.Conclusion: University students perceived a low risk towards COVID-19 pandemics at the time of school resumption. It was influenced by students’ demographic characteristics, co-morbidities, social media, and information sources. …”
Get full text

Impact of Protein Nitration on Influenza Virus Infectivity and Immunogenicity by Harrison Dulin, Nathan Hendricks, Duo Xu, Linfeng Gao, Keidy Wuang, Huiwang Ai, Rong Hai

“…ABSTRACT Influenza viruses are deadly respiratory pathogens of special importance due to their long history of global pandemics. During influenza virus infections, the host responds by producing interferons, which activate interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs) inside target cells. …”
Get full text

Office Workers’ Views About the Uses, Concerns, and Acceptance of Hand Hygiene Data Collected From Smart Sanitizers: Exploratory Qualitative Interview Study by Sophie Rutter, Sally Sanger, Andrew D Madden, Sukaina Ehdeed, Catherine Stones

“… BackgroundCOVID-19 and the prospect of future pandemics have emphasized the need to reduce disease transmission in workplaces. …”
Get full text

CAMAP: Artificial neural networks unveil the role of codon arrangement in modulating MHC-I peptides presentation by Tariq Daouda, Maude Dumont-Lagacé, Albert Feghaly, Yahya Benslimane, Rébecca Panes, Mathieu Courcelles, Mohamed Benhammadi, Lea Harrington, Pierre Thibault, François Major, Yoshua Bengio, Étienne Gagnon, Sébastien Lemieux, Claude Perreault

“…These findings may have major implications for the design of vaccines against cancers and viruses, and in times of pandemics could accelerate the identification of relevant MAPs of viral origins.…”
Get full text

Informing Proactive integrated virtual healthcare resource use in primary care by Jolie N. Haun, Bridget A. Cotner, Christine Melillo, Vanessa Panaite, William Messina, Shilpa Patel-Teague, Brian Zilka

“…VHR is critical during global pandemics, such as COVID-19, to maintain access to care coordination and delivery while abiding by public health recommendations. …”
Get full text

Digital PCR applications for the diagnosis and management of infection in critical care medicine by Irene Merino, Amanda de la Fuente, Marta Domínguez-Gil, José María Eiros, Ana P. Tedim, Jesús F. Bermejo-Martín

“…A large fraction of sepsis cases is driven by severe community acquired pneumonia (sCAP), which incidence has dramatically increased during COVID-19 pandemics. A frequent complication of ICU patients is ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP), which affects 10–25% of all ventilated patients, and bloodstream infections (BSIs), affecting about 10% of patients. …”
Get full text

Factors associated with the performance of routine health information system in Yaoundé-Cameroon: a cross-sectional survey by Georges Nguefack-Tsague, Brian Bongwong Tamfon, Ismael Ngnie-Teta, Marie Nicole Ngoufack, Basile Keugoung, Serge Marcial Bataliack, Chanceline Bilounga Ndongo

Get full text

Signatures in SARS-CoV-2 spike protein conferring escape to neutralizing antibodies by Marta Alenquer, Filipe Ferreira, Diana Lousa, Mariana Valério, Mónica Medina-Lopes, Marie-Louise Bergman, Juliana Gonçalves, Jocelyne Demengeot, Ricardo B. Leite, Jingtao Lilue, Zemin Ning, Carlos Penha-Gonçalves, Helena Soares, Cláudio M. Soares, Maria João Amorim

“…Understanding SARS-CoV-2 evolution and host immunity is critical to control COVID-19 pandemics. At the core is an arms-race between SARS-CoV-2 antibody and angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) recognition, a function of the viral protein spike. …”
Get full text

Comparing Contact Tracing Through Bluetooth and GPS Surveillance Data: Simulation-Driven Approach by Weicheng Qian, Aranock Cooke, Kevin Gordon Stanley, Nathaniel David Osgood

“… BackgroundAccurate and responsive epidemiological simulations of epidemic outbreaks inform decision-making to mitigate the impact of pandemics. These simulations must be grounded in quantities derived from measurements, among which the parameters associated with contacts between individuals are notoriously difficult to estimate. …”
Get full text

The immune-adjunctive potential of recombinant LAB vector expressing murine IFNλ3 (MuIFNλ3) against Type A Influenza Virus (IAV) infection by Sandeep Yadav, Aparna Varma, Aparna Odayil Muralidharan, Sucharita Bhowmick, Samiran Mondal, Amirul Islam Mallick

“…Abstract Background The conventional means of controlling the recurring pandemics of Type A Influenza Virus (IAV) infections remain challenging primarily because of its high mutability and increasing drug resistance. …”
Get full text

Physiological Basis for Using Vitamin D to Improve Health by Sunil J. Wimalawansa

“…Maintaining the population’s vitamin D sufficiency (above 40 ng/mL) with vitamin D₃ supplements and/or daily sun exposure is the most cost-effective way to reduce chronic diseases and sepsis, overcome viral epidemics and pandemics, and reduce healthcare costs. Furthermore, vitamin D sufficiency improves overall health (hence reducing absenteeism), reduces the severity of chronic diseases such as metabolic and cardiovascular diseases and cancer, decreases all-cause mortality, and minimizes infection-related complications such as sepsis and COVID-19-related hospitalizations and deaths. …”
Get full text

The use of integrative therapy based on Yoga and Ayurveda in the treatment of a high-risk case of COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 with multiple comorbidities: a case report by Alka Mishra, Sumitra A. Bentur, Sonika Thakral, Rahul Garg, Bhanu Duggal

“…The classical texts of Ayurvedic medicine such as Charaka Samhita and Sushruta Samhita contain descriptions of pandemics of similar proportions and describe them as Janapadoddhvansa, meaning the destruction of communities, along with their causes and treatment. …”
Get full text

Assessment of the State of the Meat Market and the Reproductive Process in Terms of Ensuring Food Security by V. V. Vrublevskaya, A. I. Mamaeva

“…The provision of high-quality and affordable food to the population of the country contributes to the optimization of the social climate in society, which in modern times in stressful conditions (pandemics, closed borders, military operations, etc.) is mandatory to suppress and smooth out stressful, panic food purchases in the future. …”
Get full text

Comparison and Enlightenment of Crop Germplasm Resource Knowledge Service Platforms by FAN KeXin, SUN Tan, ZHAO RuiXue, KOU YuanTao, XIAN GuoJian

“…[Purpose/Significance] In recent years, challenges such as pandemics, wars, and natural disasters have posed numerous threats to China's food security. …”
Get full text

Managerial Determinants in Design Management as a Means of Developing Organisational Resilience in an Uncertain Economic Environment by Anna Dziadkiewicz, Mariusz Jakubowski

“…The uncertainty of tomorrow, facing crises, wars, erupting pandemics are just some of the so-called Black Swans causing the need for management change in organisations. …”
Get full text