Publications by authors named "L G Potts"

The avian influenza virus is a global pathogen with significant health and economic implications. While primarily a pathogen of wild and domestic birds, recent outbreaks of the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) clade 2.3.

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  • The study focused on how families of children with neurodisabilities in England experienced changes in health, education, and social care services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • It involved qualitative interviews with 48 parent carers and 9 young people, revealing significant disruptions in communication and access to services.
  • Four key themes emerged: poor communication of changes, varying access to services, detrimental impacts on families, and recommendations for future emergencies.
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Objectives: To understand how health, education and social care services for disabled children changed during the COVID-19 pandemic, what did or did not work well and what the impacts of service changes were on both professionals and families.

Design: Qualitative study using semistructured interviews.

Setting: Telephone and video call interviews and focus groups with professionals working in one of five local authority areas in England.

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Objectives: This study compared whether different addiction treatment educational experiences were associated with physicians' attitudes toward patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) and perceived efficacy of medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD).

Methods: Ohio physicians (n = 2757) with and without a waiver to prescribe buprenorphine (Drug Addiction Treatment Act 2000 [DATA 2000] waiver) were surveyed regarding their attitudes toward treating patients with OUD and on the effectiveness of MOUD. We divided physicians into 3 groups: physicians with DATA 2000 waivers, non-waivered physicians experiential training, and non-waivered physicians experiential training.

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Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are useful tools to dissect the neutralizing antibody response against the adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsids used as gene therapy delivery vectors. This study structurally characterizes the interactions of 21 human-derived antibodies from patients treated with the AAV9 vector, Zolgensma , utilizing high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy. The majority of the bound antibodies do not conform to the icosahedral symmetry of the capsid, thus requiring localized reconstructions.

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