Biblioteca
American Journal of Infection Control: Morbidity and absenteeism due to SARS-CoV-2 and seasonal influenza in healthcare personnel during the 2023-2024 season: a multicenter cohort study in Greece
ABSTRACT Aim To assess the morbidity and absenteeism due to SARS-CoV-2 infection or influenza among healthcare personnel (HCP) in Greece in 2023-2024. Methods We followed 5871 HCP from November 13, 2023, to May 26, 2024, for absenteeism. Absenteeism for non-infectious causes, pregnancy leave, or annual leave was not recorded. A multivariable regression was used to estimate the association between length of absenteeism, HCP characteristics and type of infection. Results There were 759 episodes of absent...
28 mar 2025
The Lancet Regional Healrh - Western Pacific: Health outcomes one year after Omicron infection among 12,789 adults: a community-based cross-sectional study
Background Characterizing the paradigm and impact of long COVID is crucial for addressing this worldwide health challenge. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of long COVID one year after primary Omicron infection and characterize differences in long-term health consequence between participants with persistent long COVID and those who fully recovered. Methods This a community-based cross-sectional study conducted from December 2023 to March 2024 at the China-Japan Friendship Hospital and 16 adm...
13 mar 2025
Radiology: Phase-resolved Functional Lung MRI Reveals Distinct Lung Perfusion Phenotype in Children and Adolescents with Post–COVID-19 Condition
ABSTRACT Background Although measurable organic dysfunctions are frequently absent in pediatric patients with post–COVID-19 condition (PCC), this condition adversely affects quality of life. Free-breathing phase-resolved functional lung (PREFUL) MRI may be useful for assessing lung function in pediatric patients with PCC. Purpose To detect lung changes in children and adolescents with PCC compared with healthy control participants using PREFUL MRI. Materials and Methods In this single-center, prospecti...
25 feb 2025
Scientific Reports: Prevalence of erectile dysfunction as long-COVID symptom in hospitalized Japanese patients
ABSTRACT Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is associated with a wide range of post-acute sequelae. The prevalence of erectile dysfunction (ED) that developed after COVID-19 and the associated underlying factors were analyzed based on a questionnaire survey, COVID-19 Recovery Study II in Japan. A case–control study was conducted with those with or without ED one and two years hospitalized with COVID-19 between March and September 2021. Six hundred and nine Japanese men, with a median age of 48 years, were ...
21 feb 2025
Cell: Bat-infecting merbecovirus HKU5-CoV lineage 2 can use human ACE2 as a cell entry receptor
Merbecoviruses comprise four viral species with remarkable genetic diversity: MERS-related coronavirus, Tylonycterisbat coronavirus HKU4, Pipistrellusbat coronavirus HKU5, and Hedgehog coronavirus 1. However, the potential human spillover risk of animal merbecoviruses remains to be investigated. Here, we reported the discovery of HKU5-CoV lineage 2 (HKU5-CoV-2) in bats that efficiently utilize human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) as a functional receptor and exhibits a broad host tropism. Cryo-EM ana...
18 feb 2025