mRNA vaccines: The future of prevention of viral infections?

P Rzymski, A Szuster‐Ciesielska… - Journal of medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines against COVID‐19 are the first authorized biological
preparations developed using this platform. During the pandemic, their administration has …

[HTML][HTML] Key considerations during the transition from the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic: a narrative review

P Rzymski, M Pokorska-Śpiewak, T Jackowska… - Vaccines, 2023 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has been met with an unprecedented response from the scientific
community, leading to the development, investigation, and authorization of vaccines and …

[HTML][HTML] The biomedical potential of tardigrade proteins: A review

N Kasianchuk, P Rzymski, Ł Kaczmarek - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2023 - Elsevier
Tardigrades are ubiquitous microinvertebrates exhibiting extreme tolerance to various
environmental stressors like low and high temperatures, lack of water, or high radiation …

Chicanery in the food supply chain! Food fraud, mitigation, and research needs in low-income countries

W Gwenzi, Z Makuvara, J Marumure… - Trends in Food Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Food fraud poses severe economic and human health risks, and an increasing
body of evidence exists on the topic in low-income countries (LICs). Yet, compared to …

[HTML][HTML] Household disposal of pharmaceuticals in low-income settings: Practices, health hazards, and research needs

W Gwenzi, TT Simbanegavi, P Rzymski - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
Pharmaceuticals are widely used in Africa due to the high burden of human and animal
diseases. However, a review of the current practices and pollution risks arising from the …

[HTML][HTML] Financing for pandemic preparedness and response measures: a systematic scoping review

R Duran-Fernandez, D Bernal-Serrano… - Bulletin of the World …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective To obtain insights into reducing the shortfall in financing for pandemic
preparedness and response measures, and reducing the risk of another pandemic with …

Simian immunodeficiency virus and storage buffer: Field-friendly preservation methods for RNA viral detection in primate feces

THC Wilde, RK Shukla, C Madden, Y Vodovotz… - Msphere, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Wild non-human primates carry many types of RNA viruses, including simian
immunodeficiency virus (SIV), simian foamy virus, simian T-cell leukemia virus, and hepatitis …

Avoiding novel, unwanted interactions among species to decrease risk of zoonoses

J Galindo‐González - Conservation Biology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Circumstances that precipitate interactions among species that have never interacted during
their evolutionary histories create ideal conditions for the generation of zoonoses. Zoonotic …

[PDF][PDF] Avian Influenza in Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs): Outbreaks, Vaccination Challenges and Economic Impact.

D Subedi, MHR Farhan, A Niraula, P Shrestha… - Pakistan Veterinary …, 2024 - pvj.com.pk
Avian influenza (AI) outbreaks pose severe challenges to low and middle-income countries
such as Nepal, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Ghana, South Africa, and Indonesia, leading to …

[HTML][HTML] Prioritizing Indicators for Rapid Response in Global Health Security: A Bayesian Network Approach

A Qazi, MCE Simsekler, MKS Al-Mhdawi - International Journal of Disaster …, 2024 - Springer
This study explored a Bayesian belief networks (BBNs) approach, developing two distinct
models for prioritizing the seven indicators related to the “rapid response to and mitigation of …