TWiV 967: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

In his weekly clinical update Dr. Griffin discusses how immunological dysfunction persists for 8 months following initial mild-to-moderate SARS-CoV-2 infection, prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza coinfection and clinical characteristics among children and adolescents aged Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email

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• Immunological dysfunction persists for 8 months following SARS-CoV-2 infection (Nature)
• Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza coinfection and clinical characteristics (CDC)
• WHO estimates of excess mortality associated with the COVID-19 pandemic (Nature)
• Reconsideration of anti-nucleocapsid IgG antibody as a marker of SARS-CoV-2 infection (OFID)
• Impact of SARS-CoV-2 variants on inpatient clinical outcome (CID)
• Clinical features and burden of post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (OFID)
• Similar SARS-CoV-2 Ct value distributions in samples from symptomatic children (JPIDS)
• Early estimates of bivalent mRNA vaccine effectiveness in preventing COVID-19 (CDC)
• Effect of Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir vs placebo on COVID-19─Related hospitalizations (OFID)
• COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma outpatient therapy to prevent outpatient hospitalization (MedRxiv)
• Bacterial co-infection and empirical antibiotic therapy in patients with COVID-19 (OFID)
• Association of time to surgery after COVID-19 infection (JAMA)
• Demonstration of stable clusters of symptoms in long COVID (OFID)
• Paxlovid patient eligbiliity screening checklist (FDA)
• Longitudinal analysis of T cells in COVID-19 survivors with post-acute sequelae (OFID)
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• Dr. Griffin's treatment guide (pdf)
• Letters read on TWiV 967
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your questions for Dr. Griffin to daniel@microbe.tv