Infectologia
Editorial | Definição da eliminação da Covid-19.
20 Jul, 2021 | 10:53hDefining covid-19 elimination – The BMJ
O que as pessoas vacinadas devem saber sobre exposição à Covid-19, testes e mais.
20 Jul, 2021 | 10:53hWhat vaccinated people should know about Covid-19 exposure, tests and more – CNN
Especialistas recomendam doses de vacina contra a Covid para algumas pessoas menores de 18 anos no Reino Unido – “A sugestão é que a vacina da Pfizer seja oferecida a jovens entre 16 e 18 anos que façam parte de grupos prioritários ou que vivam com pessoas cujo sistema imunológico esteja debilitado.”
20 Jul, 2021 | 10:52hComentários: Experts recommend Covid jabs for some under-18s in UK – BBC
Avaliação da cobertura vacinal de crianças de 204 países e territórios, 1980-2019: análise sistemática para o Global Burden of Disease Study 2020.
20 Jul, 2021 | 10:42hRelacionado: Millions of children worldwide missed routine vaccinations during the pandemic, study suggests.
Estudo randomizado | Mais dados mostram que a azitromicina não é melhor que placebo em pacientes com Covid-19.
19 Jul, 2021 | 10:06hRelacionado: RCT: Another study shows Azithromycin does not improve outcomes in patients with Covid-19. (vários artigos sobre o assunto)
Comentário no Twitter
Among outpatients with #SARSCoV2 infection, treatment with a single dose of oral #azithromycin compared with placebo did not result in a greater likelihood of being free of symptoms at day 14 https://t.co/dYDcSyGtwd #COVID19
— JAMA (@JAMA_current) July 16, 2021
Posicionamento científico | Recomendações para o uso da budesonida inalatória na COVID-19.
19 Jul, 2021 | 10:05hRecommendations for use of topical inhalant budesonide in COVID-19 – HNO
Relacionado: RCT: Inhaled budesonide shortens recovery time in non-hospitalized patients with COVID-19 E Phase 2 RCT: Inhaled budesonide shows promise for the treatment of early COVID-19
Revisão | Sintomas, complicações e tratamento da “long COVID”.
19 Jul, 2021 | 10:03hComentário: Long COVID: More likely in patients with 5+ symptoms in first week of infection – SAGE Publications
Comentário no Twitter
Pooled prevalence data in this review showed the 10 most prevalent reported symptoms of long covid were: fatigue, shortness of breath, muscle pain, joint pain, headache, cough, chest pain, altered smell, altered taste and diarrhoea.
https://t.co/ww5HM1s7vm— KK Cheng (@KKCheng4) July 16, 2021
“Long Covid”: fadiga, mal-estar pós-exercício e disfunção cognitiva são os sintomas mais comuns, de acordo com uma pesquisa internacional.
19 Jul, 2021 | 10:02hComentários: Identification of over 200 long COVID symptoms prompts call for UK screening programme – University College London E A survey of long-haulers found 66 symptoms that lasted more than 6 months. Tiredness and brain fog were most common. – Insider E Long Covid has more than 200 symptoms, study finds – The Guardian
Estudos elucidam aspectos da “long COVID”.
19 Jul, 2021 | 10:01hStudies elucidate poorly understood long COVID – CIDRAP
Fauci afirma que a teoria da origem natural do coronavírus ainda é a mais provável.
19 Jul, 2021 | 10:01hFauci says natural origins theory of coronavirus is still the most likely – CNN
Artigo relacionado (preprint): The Origins of SARS-CoV-2: A Critical Review – Zenodo
Ver também: A Group of Scientists Presses a Case Against the Lab Leak Theory of Covid – The New York Times (poucos artigos gratuitos por mês) E Leading scientists push back against Wuhan lab leak theory – The Age
Relacionado: Opinion | The Covid-19 lab leak theory is a tale of weaponized uncertainty.