Infectologia

Níveis de anticorpos neutralizantes são altamente preditivos de proteção imune contra infecção sintomática por SARS-CoV-2.

24 Mai, 2021 | 11:00h

Neutralizing antibody levels are highly predictive of immune protection from symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection – Nature Medicine

Comentário: Scientists find new way of predicting COVID-19 vaccine efficacy – University of New South Wales

Comentário no Twitter (fio – clique para saber mais)

Just published @NatureMedicine: For 7 vaccines, the neutralizing antibody levels are highly predictive of the magnitude of clinical efficacy, support long term protection vs severe illness, and preserved efficacy vs variantshttps://t.co/ZQIrTQErMm pic.twitter.com/rUl9TMbVrC

— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) May 17, 2021

Uso inteligente de recursos na pandemia de COVID-19: uma lista internacional de recomendações do Choosing Wisely.

24 Mai, 2021 | 10:59h

Using resources wisely in the COVID-19 pandemic: an international list of Choosing Wisely recommendations – Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare

Fatores de risco para gravidade de doença entre gestantes com infecção confirmada por SARS-CoV-2 – COVID-19 moderada a grave foi associada com 25 anos de idade ou mais, profissional da saúde, obesidade pré-gestacional, doença pulmonar crônica, hipertensão crônica e diabetes melito pré-gestacional.

24 Mai, 2021 | 10:58h

Risk factors for illness severity among pregnant women with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection – Surveillance for Emerging Threats to Mothers and Babies Network, 22 state, local, and territorial health departments, March 29, 2020 -March 5, 2021 – Clinical Infectious Diseases

Proteção indireta promovida pela redução na transmissão: o fim da pandemia com a vacinação contra SARS-CoV-2 – “Digam aos hesitantes: as vacinas protegem tanto você quanto os outros – e muito!”

24 Mai, 2021 | 10:57h

Indirect Protection by Reducing Transmission: Ending the Pandemic with SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination – Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Comentário no Twitter

*Strongly* recommend this comprehensive review of just how much COVID19 vaccines reduce the risk of transmitting the virus to others. Tell the hesitant: the vaccines protect both you and protect others — a lot! @mugecevik @AaronRichterman @EricMeyerowitz https://t.co/Cv3t3zNMRL pic.twitter.com/sOLAKKIJnQ

— Paul Sax (@PaulSaxMD) May 21, 2021

Estudo observacional aponta que uma dose única das vacinas tanto da Pfizer-BioNTech quanto da Oxford-AstraZeneca tem 80% de eficácia em adultos mais velhos em evitar internação hospitalar por Covid-19.

21 Mai, 2021 | 10:21h

Effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines on covid-19 related symptoms, hospital admissions, and mortality in older adults in England: test negative case-control study – The BMJ

Editorial: Effectiveness of England’s initial vaccine roll out – The BMJ

Pandemia de Covid-19: cerca de 1 milhão de mortes a mais ocorreram em 2020 em 29 países ricos.

21 Mai, 2021 | 10:19h

Excess deaths associated with covid-19 pandemic in 2020: age and sex disaggregated time series analysis in 29 high income countries – The BMJ

Editorial: Measuring the impact of covid-19

Comentário: Nearly 1 million excess deaths in 29 nations during pandemic – CIDRAP

Relacionado: COVID-19 has caused 6.9 million deaths globally, more than double what official reports show

Perspectiva | Monitoramento das vidas que perdemos para a COVID-19.

21 Mai, 2021 | 10:17h

Tracking Lives We’ve Lost to COVID-19 – Think Global Health

Relacionado: COVID-19 has caused 6.9 million deaths globally, more than double what official reports show

Relatório: Máscaras faciais limitam de modo eficaz a probabilidade de transmissão do SARS-CoV-2.

21 Mai, 2021 | 10:16h

Face masks effectively limit the probability of SARS-CoV-2 transmission – Science

M-A: Prevalência e desfechos de coinfecção e superinfecção de SARS-CoV-2 com outros patógenos – A prevalência combinada de coinfecção no momento do diagnóstico do SARS-CoV-2 foi de 19%, e de superinfecção foi de 24%.

21 Mai, 2021 | 10:15h

Prevalence and outcomes of co-infection and superinfection with SARS-CoV-2 and other pathogens: A systematic review and meta-analysis – PLOS One

Como a pandemia de Covid terminará: Cientistas olham para o passado para visualizar o futuro.

21 Mai, 2021 | 10:14h

How the Covid pandemic ends: Scientists look to the past to see the future – STAT