Genetic diversity of dengue virus circulating in the Philippines (2014-2019) and comparison with dengue vaccine strains.

Dengue virus has four distinct serotypes and the genetic diversity within each of the four serotypes contribute to its complexity. An important aspect of dengue molecular evolutionary studies has been the dissection of the extent and structure of genetic variation among major genotypes within each serotype. It is important to understand the role of dengue genetic variability and its potential role and impact in the effectiveness of the dengue vaccine.

Quality of life at work for health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objective: to evaluate the quality of life at work of health professionals in direct and indirect care of COVID-19 cases.

Methods: this was a cross-sectional study with 156 health professionals from a referral hospital. The relationship between sociodemographic and work-related variables and perceived stress and domains of the Quality of Life at Work Scale was investigated using inferential statistics and regression.

Health literacy of people with spinal cord injury: a systematic review.

Study Design: Systematic review.

Objective: To systematically review the evidence on health literacy (HL) of people diagnosed with spinal cord injury (SCI).

Methods: PubMed, Cochrane Library, Web of Science and Embase databases were used to identify studies published from 1974 to 2021.

Clinical characterization of COVID-19 breakthrough infections, Philippines.

We clinically characterized PCR detected breakthrough infections among partially/fully vaccinated cases with majority given an inactivated vaccine, CoronaVac. From 1 March to 15 July 2021, we detected 182 SARS-CoV-2 infections among vaccinated cases with 129 classified as breakthrough infections. Majority were male, 30-39 y.

"A lack of information keeps us from medicine, well-being, harmony…": a mixed method study with plaintiffs requesting medicines in administrative cases.

The need to request public health managers to ensure the right of access to medicines characterizes an administrative case and the method to do so is called the administrative route. This mixed method study aimed to analyze the perceptions of plaintiffs requesting medications by the administrative route about barriers to access medicines in the Brazilian public health sector. Data were gathered through focus groups and questionnaires.