Infectologia

Editorial | Adote o novo sistema da OMS para nomear as variantes do coronavírus.

10 Jun, 2021 | 09:08h

Embrace the WHO’s new naming system for coronavirus variants – Nature

Relacionado: WHO renames COVID-19 variants with the Greek alphabet (i.e., Alpha, Beta, Gamma, etc), making them simple, easy to say and remember. The naming system aims to prevent calling COVID-19 variants by the places where they are detected, which is stigmatizing & discriminatory.

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Perspectiva | As 4 questões mais urgentes sobre “long COVID”.

10 Jun, 2021 | 09:08h

The four most urgent questions about long COVID – Nature

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Série de casos | Imunoglobulina adjuvante para trombocitopenia trombótica induzida por vacina.

10 Jun, 2021 | 09:07h

Adjunct Immune Globulin for Vaccine-Induced Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia – New England Journal of Medicine

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Perspectiva | Identificação e rastreamento das variantes do SARS-CoV-2 – Um desafio e uma oportunidade.

10 Jun, 2021 | 09:06h

Identifying and Tracking SARS-CoV-2 Variants — A Challenge and an Opportunity – New England Journal of Medicine

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Unhas de COVID – Estas mudanças em suas unhas podem mostrar que você já teve coronavírus.

10 Jun, 2021 | 09:05h

COVID nails: these changes to your fingernails may show you’ve had coronavirus – The Conversation

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Perspectiva | Efeitos incertos da pandemia sobre vírus respiratórios.

10 Jun, 2021 | 09:04h

Uncertain effects of the pandemic on respiratory viruses – Science

 

Comentário no Twitter

A new #SciencePerspective argues that expanded genomic and clinical surveillance is needed to best understand the spread of respiratory viruses in a post-#COVID19 world.

🔎 Learn more: https://t.co/1rw3q76PZc pic.twitter.com/eyb4LDrfG7

— Science Magazine (@ScienceMagazine) June 9, 2021

 

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Estudo randomizado por cluster | Implantações de Aedes aegypti infectados por Wolbachia (menos suscetíveis do que o A. aegypti selvagem para a infecção pelo vírus da dengue) reduziram a incidência de dengue sintomática e resultaram em menos hospitalizações.

10 Jun, 2021 | 09:03h

Efficacy of Wolbachia-Infected Mosquito Deployments for the Control of Dengue – New England Journal of Medicine

Comentário: ‘Miraculous’ mosquito hack cuts dengue by 77% – BBC

Resumo em vídeo: Efficacy of Wolbachia-infected Mosquito Deployments for the Control of Dengue

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Novas orientações da OMS para pesquisas sobre mosquitos geneticamente modificados para combater a malária e outras doenças transmitidas por vetores.

10 Jun, 2021 | 09:01h

Comunicado de imprensa: WHO issues new guidance for research on genetically modified mosquitoes to fight malaria and other vector-borne diseases – World Health Organization

Diretriz: The guidance framework for testing genetically modified mosquitoes – World Health Organization

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[Preprint] Estudo RECOVERY mostra que aspirina não melhora a sobrevida de pacientes hospitalizados com COVID-19.

9 Jun, 2021 | 09:59h

Comunicado de imprensa: RECOVERY trial finds aspirin does not improve survival for patients hospitalised with COVID-19 – University of Oxford

Estudo original: Aspirin in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial – medRxiv

 

Comentário no Twitter (fio – clique para saber mais)

RECOVERY Pre-print: Aspirin

14,892 patients randomised to aspirin vs. usual care
– no impact on all-cause mortality (17% vs. 17%)
– similar results in all pre-specified subgroupshttps://t.co/ay5Xg4GBVD pic.twitter.com/aNJ09RTTOa

— Martin Landray (@MartinLandray) June 8, 2021

 

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Exames de imagem na COVID-19: o que se sabe atualmente e o que continua desconhecido.

9 Jun, 2021 | 09:58h

COVID-19 Imaging: What We Know Now and What Remains Unknown – Radiology

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