COVID-19–associated mucormycosis: Evidence-based critical review of an emerging infection burden during the pandemic's second wave in India

JM Aranjani, A Manuel, HI Abdul Razack… - PLoS neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), during the second wave in early 2021, has caused
devastating chaos in India. As daily infection rates rise alarmingly, the number of severe …

Immunity to invasive fungal diseases

A Casadevall - Annual review of immunology, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Invasive fungal diseases are rare in individuals with intact immunity. This, together with the
fact that there are only a few species that account for most mycotic diseases, implies a …

Resilience of countries to COVID-19 correlated with trust

TM Lenton, CA Boulton, M Scheffer - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
We characterized> 150 countries' resilience to COVID-19 as the nationwide decay rate of
daily cases or deaths from peak levels. Resilience to COVID-19 varies by a factor of~ 40 …

Emerging fungal infections: new species, new names, and antifungal resistance

NP Wiederhold - Clinical chemistry, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Infections caused by fungi can be important causes of morbidity and mortality in
certain patient populations, including those who are highly immunocompromised or critically …

Results from a national survey on COVID‐19‐associated mucormycosis in Germany: 13 patients from six tertiary hospitals

D Seidel, M Simon, R Sprute, M Lubnow, K Evert… - Mycoses, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Most COVID‐19‐associated mucormycosis (CAM) cases are reported from
India and neighbouring countries. Anecdotally cases from Europe have been presented …

[HTML][HTML] Kumbh mela religious gathering as a massive superspreading event: Potential culprit for the exponential surge of COVID-19 cases in India

ICN Rocha, MGA Pelayo… - The American Journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The Kumbh Mela is a significant religious gathering of millions of Hindu devotees in India. It
is celebrated on certain auspicious days in the Hindu calendar and attracts millions of …

Does COVID-19 lockdowns have impacted on global dengue burden? A special focus to India

H Sharma, A Ilyas, A Chowdhury, NK Poddar… - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Background The world has been battling several vector-borne diseases since time
immemorial. Socio-economic marginality, precipitation variations and human behavioral …

[HTML][HTML] Rampant increase in cases of mucormycosis in India and Pakistan: a serious cause for concern during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic

BK Ghazi, S Rackimuthu, UU Wara… - The American Journal …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
COVID-19 is a global health crisis that continues to pose new challenges all around the
world. Amidst the growing pandemic, a spike in the number of mucormycosis cases in India …

[HTML][HTML] Outbreak of mucormycosis in coronavirus disease patients, Pune, India

S Joshi, R Telang, M Tambe, R Havaldar… - Emerging infectious …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We provide an overview of the epidemiology and clinical course of mucormycosis in the
coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic era. We conducted a retrospective chart review …

Over the counter drugs and self-medication: A worldwide paranoia and a troublesome situation in India during the COVID-19 pandemic

I Ray, M Bardhan, MM Hasan, AM Sahito… - Annals of Medicine …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Self-medication is the use of drugs to treat self-diagnosed ailments without the use of a
formal prescription. Self-medication is defined by the World Health Organization as the use …