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Piloting an external quality assurance program (QAP) for COVID-19 antigen rapid diagnostic tests (Ag-RDTs): findings and lessons learned from Cambodia.
BMJ Open Qual
January 2025
Rectorate, University of Health Sciences, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Rapid antigen diagnostic tests (Ag-RDTs) that quickly and accurately identify SARS-CoV-2 are an essential part of the COVID-19 response, but multiple factors can affect the validity of Ag-RDTs results. In Cambodia, several commercial Ag-RDTs have become available since the COVID-19 outbreak, but quality control (QC) and external quality assurance (EQA) of these rapid tests have yet to be fully and systematically implemented. We collaborated with laboratory experts in Australia and piloted an EQA programme of the commonly used COVID-19 Ag-RDTs at the University of Health Sciences' MERIEUX Laboratory (Tier 1 site-responsible for the in-country receipt and distribution of QA material) and four other participating laboratories (Tier 2-healthcare facility based) between November 2021 and November 2022.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSARS-CoV-2 Productively Infects Human Hepatocytes and Induces Cell Death.
J Med Virol
January 2025
Institute of Virology, Technical University of Munich/Helmholtz Munich, Munich, Germany.
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- SARS-CoV-2 can infect liver cells (hepatocytes), leading to elevated liver enzymes and more severe disease in those with pre-existing liver conditions.
- The study shows that the virus replicates and spreads in hepatocytes, with infection being dependent on two specific proteins, ACE2 and TMPRSS2, which are found on the liver cells.
- Infection causes rapid liver cell death, with the Omicron variant causing quicker but less extensive damage compared to other strains, as seen in both human liver cells and infected mice.
Evolutionary mismatch in emotional support during childbirth: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Evol Med Public Health
December 2024
Department of Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Background And Objectives: Selective pressures on human childbirth have led to the evolution of cooperative birth practices, with birth attendants playing a crucial role in providing emotional support during labor.
Methodology: We leveraged COVID-19-related healthcare disruptions to investigate the impact of the evolutionary mismatch in the availability of emotional support persons on perceived birth stress among a US-based convenience sample ( = 1082).
Results: Individuals who stated during pregnancy that they desired support from their partner or a doula but who did not receive this support had significantly higher perceived childbirth stress ( = 12.
Improving the ONE HEALTH approach: a lesson from SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.
J Prev Med Hyg
September 2024
Department of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 has underscored the critical need to enhance the ONE HEALTH approach which recognizes the interconnectedness of human, animal, and environmental health. In this review we report on various animal species that were infected by SARS-CoV-2 virus during the pandemic with the aim to contribute to the One Health approach. The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has highlighted the devastating consequences of zoonotic diseases such as COVID19 and has reiterated the critical role that the health of wildlife, domestic animals, and the environment plays in human health.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCOVID-19 policies and tuberculosis services in private health sectors of India, Indonesia, and Nigeria.
J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobact Dis
February 2025
McGill International TB Centre, Montreal, Canada.
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic created unprecedented challenges in the field of global health. Nigeria, Indonesia and India are three high tuberculosis (TB) burden countries with large private health sectors. Both TB and the private health sector faced challenges in these countries because of COVID-19.
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