Publications by authors named "V G Stevens"
Antimicrobial use before and during COVID-19: data from 108 Veterans Affairs medical centers.
Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol
August 2024
Objective: Inpatient antibiotic use increased during the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic. We sought to determine whether these changes persisted in persons with and without COVID-19 infection.
Design: Retrospective cohort analysis.
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- * Results showed that a higher PRS was more strongly related to EGFR-positive LUAD cases (OR=8.63) than to EGFR-negative cases (OR=3.50), indicating a significant association based on mutation status.
- * These findings imply that genetic susceptibility to LUAD differs in never-smoking East Asian women depending on whether the cancer has specific mutations, which could affect public health strategies and clinical practices.*
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- Australia has low pathogenicity avian influenza viruses circulating within its territory.
- A Eurasian low pathogenicity avian influenza H5 virus has recently been detected in Australia.
- This finding is important for monitoring and diagnostics, especially given the potential risk of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) not currently being present.
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- - The high pathogenicity avian influenza virus H5N1 outbreak highlights the serious threats posed by viral incursions to both wildlife and domestic animals.
- - Recent findings in Australia identified two low pathogenicity avian influenza virus subtypes, H4 and H10, with different evolutionary patterns, emphasizing the complex nature of viral spread.
- - Phylogenetic analysis shows H4 viruses from shorebirds are a new introduction from Asia, while H10 has evolved into a new lineage in various bird populations, illustrating the importance of understanding these dynamics for better disease management.