[HTML][HTML] Shedding of infectious SARS-CoV-2 despite vaccination

KK Riemersma, LA Haddock III, NA Wilson… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant of Concern is highly transmissible and contains mutations
that confer partial immune escape. The emergence of Delta in North America caused the first …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term exposure to air pollution and COVID-19 severity: A cohort study in Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

S Hyman, J Zhang, ZJ Andersen, S Cruickshank… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Exposure to outdoor air pollution may affect incidence and severity of coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19). In this retrospective cohort based on patient records from the Greater …

[HTML][HTML] Saliva microbiome in relation to SARS-CoV-2 infection in a prospective cohort of healthy US adults

AJS Armstrong, DB Horton, T Andrews, P Greenberg… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background The clinical outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infection vary in severity, potentially
influenced by the resident human microbiota. There is limited consensus on conserved …

Comorbid asthma decreased the risk for COVID-19 mortality in the United Kingdom: Evidence based on a meta-analysis

L Shi, Y Wang, X Han, Y Wang, J Xu, H Yang - International …, 2023 - Elsevier
The study aimed to investigate the influence of comorbid asthma on the risk for mortality
among patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the United Kingdom (UK) by …

Vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals have similar viral loads in communities with a high prevalence of the SARS-CoV-2 delta variant

KK Riemersma, BE Grogan, A Kita-Yarbro, GE Jeppson… - MedRxiv, 2021 - medrxiv.org
Abstract SARS-CoV-2 variant B. 1.617. 2 (delta) is associated with higher viral loads and
increased transmissibility relative to other variants, as well as partial escape from polyclonal …

Diabetes foot complications and standardized mortality rate in type 2 diabetes

M Stedman, A Robinson, G Dunn… - Diabetes, Obesity …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To quantify the impact of foot complications on mortality outcomes in people with type 2
diabetes (T2D), and how routinely measured factors might modulate that risk. Materials and …

[HTML][HTML] Peculiar weather patterns effects on air pollution and COVID-19 spread in Tokyo metropolis

MA Zoran, RS Savastru, DM Savastru… - Environmental Research, 2023 - Elsevier
As a pandemic hotspot in Japan, between March 1, 2020–October 1, 2022, Tokyo
metropolis experienced seven COVID-19 waves. Motivated by the high rate of COVID-19 …

[HTML][HTML] Overview of the cardio-metabolic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

M Barkhordarian, A Behbood, M Ranjbar, Z Rahimian… - Endocrine, 2023 - Springer
Evidence has shown that cardiometabolic disorders (CMDs) are amongst the top
contributors to COVID-19 infection morbidity and mortality. The reciprocal impact of COVID …

[HTML][HTML] The prevalence of long COVID in people with diabetes mellitus–evidence from a UK cohort

AH Heald, R Williams, DA Jenkins, S Stewart… - …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background It was apparent from the early phase of the SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19)
pandemic that a multi-system syndrome can develop in the weeks following a COVID-19 …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 vaccination and diabetes mellitus: how much has it made a difference to outcomes following confirmed COVID-19 infection?

AH Heald, DA Jenkins, R Williams, RN Mudaliar… - Diabetes Therapy, 2023 - Springer
Introduction Since early 2020 the whole world has been challenged by the SARS-CoV-2
virus (COVID-19), its successive variants and the associated pandemic caused. We have …