The consequences of the COVID‐19 pandemic for fertility and birth outcomes: evidence from Spanish birth registers

M Cozzani, P Fallesen, G Passaretta… - Population and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We examine the joint consequences of the COVID‐19 pandemic for fertility and birth
outcomes by drawing on full population administrative data from Spain. We find a surprising …

Cutting down, quitting and motivation to stop smoking by self‐reported COVID‐19 status: Representative cross‐sectional surveys in England

S Cox, H Tattan‐Birch, SE Jackson, L Dawkins… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To examine the association of self‐reported COVID‐19 disease status with cutting
down, past‐month and past‐year quit attempts and motivation to stop smoking. Design and …

Unsupervised machine learning to investigate trajectory patterns of COVID-19 symptoms and physical activity measured via the MyHeart Counts App and smart …

V Gupta, S Kariotis, MD Rajab, N Errington… - NPJ Digital …, 2023 - nature.com
Previous studies have associated COVID-19 symptoms severity with levels of physical
activity. We therefore investigated longitudinal trajectories of COVID-19 symptoms in a …

[HTML][HTML] Saliva antiviral antibody levels are detectable but correlate poorly with serum antibody levels following SARS-CoV-2 infection and/or vaccination

SE Faustini, A Cook, H Hill, S Al-Taei, J Heaney… - Journal of Infection, 2023 - Elsevier
The importance of salivary SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, following infection and vaccination, has
not been fully established. 875 healthcare workers were sampled during the first wave in …

Validation of a SARS-CoV-2 surrogate virus neutralization test in recovered and vaccinated healthcare workers

L Mouna, M Razazian, S Duquesne, AM Roque-Afonso… - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Vaccination against COVID-19 is the main public health approach to fight against the
pandemic. The Spike (S) glycoprotein of SARS-CoV-2 is the principal target of the …

Independent SARS-CoV-2 staff testing protected academic and health-care institutions in northwest London

C Bailey, T Sanderson, H Townsley, J Goldman… - The Lancet, 2023 - thelancet.com
An important component of the UK's early response to the COVID-19 pandemic was
increasing SARS-CoV-2 testing capacity across the National Health Service (NHS). At the …

Assessing spatiotemporal variability in SARS-CoV-2 infection risk for hospital workers using routinely-collected data

JK Wilson-Aggarwal, N Gotts, K Arnold, MJ Spyer… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has emphasised the need to rapidly assess infection risks for
healthcare workers within the hospital environment. Using data from the first year of the …

Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among healthcare workers in Dutch hospitals after the 2020 first wave: a multicentre cross-sectional study with prospective …

C Recanatini, CH GeurtsvanKessel, SD Pas… - … Resistance & Infection …, 2023 - Springer
Background We aimed to estimate the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) seroprevalence and describe its determinants and associated symptoms …

[HTML][HTML] Severity and Outcome of Post-Vaccine COVID-19 among Healthcare Workers in a University Hospital in India

J Vishnoi, RK Sharma, JC Sharma… - Journal of Medicine …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at high risk of COVID-19 infection despite vaccination.
Limited data exist on COVID-19 cases among vaccinated HCWs. This study aimed to …

Impact of COVID-19 RT-PCR testing of asymptomatic health care workers on absenteeism and hospital transmission during the pandemic

ET Mendes, DGPV Neto, GM Ferreira… - American Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Reducing the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from asymptomatic and pre-
symptomatic patients is critical in controlling the circulation of the virus. Methods This study …