Publications by authors named "Fabiana Vaca"
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- - COVID-19 has led to over 3.5 million deaths and more than 160 million infections, with many individuals experiencing neurological issues, including loss of smell, seizures, and strokes, which can lead to long-term cognitive and neuropsychiatric problems regardless of the severity of respiratory symptoms.
- - The article explores potential links between COVID-19 and neurological symptoms, particularly focusing on Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, while examining factors like inflammation and viral mechanisms that may cause such issues.
- - A global research effort, the CNS SC2 consortium, is underway to standardize methods for studying the long-term effects of COVID-19 on brain health, with data collection occurring across multiple countries to improve overall understanding.
Studies about the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 lineages in different backgrounds such as naive populations are still scarce, especially from South America. This work aimed to study the introduction and diversification pattern of SARS-CoV-2 during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Northwestern Argentina (NWA) region and to analyze the evolutionary dynamics of the main lineages found. In this study, we analyzed a total of 260 SARS-CoV-2 whole-genome sequences from Argentina, belonging to the Provinces of Jujuy, Salta, and Tucumán, from March 31st, 2020, to May 22nd, 2021, which covered the full first wave and the early second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina.
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