Publications by authors named "Julia Garcia-Asensio"
Objective: Rapidly phenotyping patients can inform public health action plans in new pandemics. This study aimed to derive meaningful SARS-CoV-2 reinfected patients' phenotypes based on easily-available patient data and explore key epidemiological factors of reinfections.
Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of a cohort of SARS-CoV-2 reinfected adults from the Basque Country between January 1, 2021 and January 9, 2022.
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates how effective a fourth dose of bivalent mRNA COVID-19 vaccine is for individuals over 60, especially when compared to those who have only received three doses.
- Results show that the fourth dose significantly reduces the risk of COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, and death.
- Additionally, having a history of prior COVID-19 infection lowers the risk of adverse outcomes in both groups, highlighting the importance of both vaccination and previous infections in protection against severe disease.
The objectives of this study are to develop a predictive model of hospital admission for COVID-19 to help in the activation of emergency services, early referrals from primary care, and the improvement of clinical decision-making in emergency room services. The method is the retrospective cohort study of 49,750 patients with microbiological confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 infection. The sample was randomly divided into two subsamples, for the purposes of derivation and validation of the prediction rule (60% and 40%, respectively).
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