In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses guidance on measles during the summer travel season, the Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines on the diagnosis of COVID – 19: antigen testing, SARS – CoV – 2 variants and age – dependent infection rates among household and nonhousehold contacts, effect of COVID – 19 vaccination on household transmission of SARS – COV – 2 in the Omicron era, incidence of myopericarditis after mRNA COVID – 19 vaccination, intrinsic and effective severity of COVID – 19 cases infected with the ancestral strain and Omicron BA. 2 variant in Hong Kong, safety, immunogenicity and protection of heterologous boost with an aerosolized Ad5 – nCoV after two – dose inactivated COVID – 19 vaccines in adults, awake prone positioning for non – intubated patients with COVID – 19 – related acute hypoxic respiratory failure, melatonin effects on sleep quality of COVID – 19 patients, female reproductive health impacts of Long COVID and associated illnesses including ME / CFS, POTS, and connective tissue disorders, and incident autoimmune diseases in association with SARS – CoV – 2 infection.
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Links for this episode
- Guidance on measles during the summer travel season ( CDC )
- Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines on the diagnosis of COVID – 19( CID )
- SARS – CoV – 2 variants and infection rates among household and nonhousehold contacts( CDC )
- Effect of COVID – 19 vaccination on household transmission of SARS – CoV – 2 in the Omicron era( IJID )
- Incidence of myopericarditis after mRNA COVID – 19 vaccination( Science Direct )
- Intrinsic and effective severity of COVID – 19 cases infected with the ancestral strain and Omicron BA. 2 variant ( JID )
- Safety, immunogenicity and protection of heterologous boost with Ad5 – nCoV after two – dose inactivated COVID – 19 vaccines ( The Lancet )
- Awake prone positioning for non – intubated patients with COVID – 19 – related acute hypoxic respiratory failure ( BMC )
- Melatonin effects on sleep quality of COVID – 19 patients ( BMJ )
- Female reproductive health impacts of Long COVID and associated illnesses ( FRS )
- Incident autoimmune diseases in association with SARS – CoV – 2 infection( CR )
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- Dr. Griffin and # 8217’s treatment summary for COVID( pdf )
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