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Use of Azithromycin Attributable to Acute SARS‐CoV‐2 Infection
Virus 2 min.
An overuse of azithromycin during the COVID‐19 pandemic has been suggested. There are no individual‐level data linking azithromycin use to acute SARS‐CoV‐2 infection. This article fills the gap through appropriate study design. Study results show a notable increase of azithromycin...
Even though active recommendation for HPV vaccination has restarted, Japan's rates have not recovered
Virus 4 min.
Globally in 2020, there were an estimated 600,000 cases of cervical cancer and 340,000 deaths. Cervical cancers result mainly from a sexually transmitted infection with a high‐risk strain of the HPV, of which there are approximately 15 types. The modern nine‐valent HPV vaccine is protective...
A national survey on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on gynecologic surgical training
Virus 3 min.
The coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) pandemic has had a global impact on surgical training in gynecology. This global pandemic has had a significant impact on the provision of surgical care with a reduction in outpatient clinics, non‐urgent elective surgery and at the beginning of the pandemic,...
Hard ticks (Ixodida: Ixodidae) in the Colombian Caribbean harbor the Jingmen tick virus: an emerging arbovirus of public health concern
Virus 3 min.
Tick-borne infections constitute a significant portion of vector-borne diseases, can generate a considerable disease burden, and present an imminent threat to public health. Ticks act as biological vectors for a wide range of microorganisms, including RNA viruses that can be transmitted to humans and...
Influenza A, Influenza B, human respiratory syncytial virus and SARSCoV-2 molecular diagnostics and epidemiology in the post COVID-19 era
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The outbreak of SARS-CoV-2, which led to a global pandemic, required the immediate development of new laboratory tests [1]. Population-level testing relied heavily on molecular testing, which has been conducted on a large scale and with high throughput worldwide in recent years. During the COVID-19 pandemic,...
